Staff Software Engineer

Bengaluru

₹4L - ₹9L (Glassdoor Est.)

Overview

At NetApp, we have a history of helping customers turn challenges into business opportunities. That’s because we bring new thinking to age-old problems, like how to use data most effectively in the most efficient possible way. As an Engineer with NetApp, you’ll have the opportunity to work with modern cloud and container orchestration technologies in a production setting. You’ll play an important role in scaling systems sustainably through automation and evolving them by pushing for changes to improve reliability and velocity.

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

Proficiency in Python, Go Lang, Java 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 )
AI/ML & GenAI: Hands-on experience with frameworks like PyTorch, and Hugging Face; ability to build next-generation data solutions for AI workloads.
Problem-Solving: Proven ability to resolve critical system issues and optimize performance for massive enterprise workloads
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.
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 10 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. now.

Submitting an application

To ensure a streamlined and fair hiring process for all candidates, our team only reviews applications submitted through our company website. This practice allows us to track, assess, and respond to applicants efficiently. Emailing our employees, recruiters, or Human Resources personnel directly will not influence your application.

Our values

Put the customer at the center. Care for each other and our communities. Think and act like owners. Build belonging every day. Embrace a growth mindset.

Benefits

Volunteer time off

40 hours of paid volunteer time each year.

Well-being

Employee Assistance Program, fitness, and mental health resources to help employees be their best.

Time away

Paid time off for vacation and to recharge.

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Base pay range

The minimum salary is ₹4L and the max salary is ₹9L.

₹4L – ₹9L/yr (Glassdoor Est.)

₹6L

/yr Median

Bengaluru

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