Director, Software Engineer at netappinc

Department: Software Engineering

Setup: Hybrid
Location: Rtp, North Carolina
Type: Full-time
Level: lead/mgmt
Posted: Sep 17, 2026

Summary from listing

NetApp is hiring a Director of Software Engineering for its Core Software Engineering group to lead software development, quality assurance, architecture, and engineering teams across enterprise, cloud, and AI solutions. The role directs the software development lifecycle, operational excellence, talent development, and cross-functional delivery while requiring extensive distributed-systems and cloud-service experience. It is a hybrid position based in the Raleigh, North Carolina office.

Required Skills

Software development
Distributed systems
Agile development
CI/CD infrastructure
Cloud services
AI/ML systems
Knowledge graphs
Data modeling

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: 15+ years of software development experience, including large-scale distributed systems
7+ years of leadership experience managing engineering teams and technical leaders
Experience delivering scalable, available, and low-latency cloud services
Hands-on experience with distributed storage systems
Experience defining and implementing software development lifecycle best practices
Understanding of performance, scalability, and enterprise system architecture
Experience with data processing, analytics, and AI/ML systems
Experience building CI/CD infrastructure for large-scale deployments
Preferred Qualifications: Domain expertise in knowledge graphs, semantics, and data modeling
Hands-on experience with distributed database systems
Hands-on experience training and deploying AI models