Title:  Software Engineer - Core Software Team (Strong C++)

Job Summary

The Core Software team is a high-performance engineering team responsible for building the fundamental software to manage the ONTAP software product. You will work as part of a team responsible for the development, testing and debugging of distributed software that drives NetApp cloud, hybrid-cloud and on premise solutions.

This position requires an individual to be creative, team-oriented, a quick learner and driven to produce results.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in product design, development, verification, troubleshooting, and delivery of a system or major subsystems, including authoring project specifications
  • Deliver resilient, robust and durable designs
  • Develop supportable, efficient, reliable implementations with high unit test coverage using C++ and C
  • Drive the defining and documentation of the test strategy for projects
  • Author test automation in Python, including functional, integration, and performance tests
  • Participate in customer escalations
  • Direct and participate in technical discussions within the team and with other groups across Business Units  associated with evaluating and executing design and development plans for products.
  • Provide guidance and mentoring to more junior engineers 
  • Be part of a scrum team, authoring, estimating and completing user stories and participating in scrum meetings including daily standups, planning and retrospectives

Job Requirements

  • Minimum of 5 years of software development experience

  • C++ and Python experience (Must be strong in C++)
  • Experience with multi-threading
  • Must be a strong debugger
  • Experience with software development lifecycle (design, implementation, testing)
  • Experience working with file systems, distributed systems, client-server programming, multi-threaded applications, and operating systems such as FreeBSD, Linux  
  • A strong understanding of basic to complex concepts related to computer architecture, data structures, and programming practices.
  • Experience with Object-oriented systems programming
  • Ability to work under limited supervision and direction   
  • Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment of other engineers to meet aggressive goals and high quality standards

Qualifications

• A Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience, master’s degree is preferred
• Minimum of 5 years of software development experience

About NetApp

We’re forward-thinking technology people with heart. We make our own rules, drive our own opportunities, and try to approach every challenge with fresh eyes. Of course, we can’t do it alone. We know when to ask for help, collaborate with others, and partner with smart people. We embrace diversity and openness because it’s in our DNA. We push limits and reward great ideas. What is your great idea?

In a world full of generalists, NetApp is a specialist. We’re focused on one thing, helping the world’s leading organizations get the most out of their data. NetApp brings enterprise-grade data services into the cloud, and the simple flexibility of cloud into the data center. Our industry-leading solutions work across diverse customer environments and the world’s biggest public clouds.

What do we look for?

Are you a continuous learner who wants to join an empowered team of forward-thinking, smart, dedicated technologists that approaches every problem with fresh eyes? If you answered yes, you may be who NetApp is looking for!

We recognize that not everyone fits neatly into any checklist, but below are some of the skills and experience we think will help make you successful in this role. If you do not match everything on this list but are excited about the opportunity and think you could contribute, we would love to hear from you.