Staff Software Engineer (Python / Cloud / Security / Microservices)
NetApp
Own Every Moment at NetApp
At NetApp, your ideas power innovation. We lead in intelligent data infrastructure—delivering unified storage, integrated data services, and solutions that help organizations unlock the full potential of their data, from AI to multicloud.
Ready to innovate and contribute to our path to $10B? Here, you'll collaborate with passionate teams, tackle real-world challenges, and see your impact in how customers transform and grow. If you're ready to bring curiosity, creativity, and drive to every moment, NetApp is where your journey begins.
Job Summary
As a Staff Software Engineer in the Keystone organization, you will be a technical leader and a force multiplier. You will go beyond leading projects; you will set the technical vision for critical components of our platform. You will be responsible for designing elegant, scalable, and resilient solutions to our most complex architectural challenges. This role requires a blend of deep technical expertise, a strategic mindset, and the ability to influence and mentor engineers across the organization. If you thrive on solving ambiguous problems, driving technical excellence, and building systems that operate at a massive scale, this is the role for you.
Job Requirements
Security Principles: Expert knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM), data classification, and threat modeling for secured data intelligence platforms.
AI/ML & GenAI: Hands-on experience with frameworks like PyTorch, and Hugging Face; ability to build next-generation data solutions for AI workloads.
Advanced Automation: Proficiency in Python, Go Lang and REST APIs to create AI-augmented workflows for data classification and engineering.
Cloud Native Infrastructure: Depth in microservices-based SaaS architectures and cloud storage platforms (AWS )
Problem-Solving: Proven ability to resolve critical system issues and optimize performance for massive enterprise workloads
Responsibilities
Act as a functional expert for complex domains, such as Storage As a Service, CloudOps, or AI-driven data infrastructure.
Lead high-impact, cross-team projects that influence the product roadmap and long-term strategy.
Design scalable, optimized solution architectures and guide the development of next-generation data services.
Serve as a "coach and culture bearer," providing technical guidance and peer reviews to help grow junior engineers (IC1–IC4).
Work across organizational boundaries to align technical capabilities with business goals and customer needs.
Lead the design and implementation of Authentication (AuthN) and Authorization (AuthZ) systems using RBAC, ABAC, and Zero Trust models to regulate data access across hybrid cloud environments.
Oversee the entire product security lifecycle, integrating security checkpoints into design, development, and testing to prevent vulnerabilities like the OWASP Top 10.
Drive the architecture for AI/ML initiatives, including Generative AI applications (LLMs, transformers) and large-scale data processing pipelines.
Education
IC - Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of related experience.Mgr & Exec - Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience.
At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees. This means that most roles will have some level of in-office and/or in-person expectations, which will be shared during the recruitment process.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.
Why You'll Thrive at NetApp
At NetApp, you won't wait for the perfect moment—you'll make it. The early planning, the extra thought, the bold idea that turns good into great: That's how our people operate and how we continue to push the boundaries of data infrastructure.
NetApp is the trusted partner for organizations transforming data into opportunity. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, we empower customers to run everything from traditional workloads to enterprise AI with unmatched performance, resilience, and security.
Our culture
We celebrate mold breakers, bold thinkers, and problem solvers. We reward initiative, impact, and ownership. We provide flexibility so you can balance professional ambition with your personal life. Here, differences are not just welcomed—they drive everything we do.
If you're ready to innovate, rise to the challenge, and own every moment - make your next move your best one. Apply now.
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