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Intelligent Data Infrastructure Engineer

NetApp


Job Location:

San Jose, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 20 August 2026 (8 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 17 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Summary

We are seeking anIntelligent Data Infrastructure Engineerto design develop and optimize the core software that powers next-generation data infrastructure for enterprise and AI workloads. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in systems programming usingC a strong understanding of operating system internals distributed systems and data infrastructure and is familiar with modernAI agentsand AI-native development workflows.

This role focuses on building scalable high-performance infrastructure that manages protects and accelerates data across on-premises cloud and AI environments.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and develop core infrastructure software for intelligent data platforms including storage data management caching metadata services and distributed systems.
  • Develop high-performance reliable software inC C Python with an emphasis on scalability efficiency and resiliency.
  • Build and optimize data movement replication protection and lifecycle management capabilities.
  • Design infrastructure that supports AI/ML pipelines large language model (LLM) training inference and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workloads.
  • Collaborate with hardware platform networking and cloud engineering teams to deliver end-to-end infrastructure solutions.
  • Optimize system performance through profiling benchmarking and low-level software optimization.
  • Leverage modern AI agents to improve software development testing debugging documentation and operational automation.
  • Participate in architecture reviews code reviews and technical design discussions.
  • Develop automated testing observability and reliability frameworks.
Skills and Qualifications

Required Skills

  • Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering or a related field.
  • 12 years of experience developing systems software operating systems storage platforms or distributed infrastructure.
  • Expert-level programming skills inC/C Python
  • Strong understanding of:
    • Operating systems
    • Memory management
    • Multithreading and concurrency
    • Networking fundamentals
    • Distributed systems
    • Performance optimization
  • Experience developing software on Linux.
  • Strong debugging and performance analysis skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with storage systems file systems object storage distributed data platforms or cloud infrastructure.
  • Knowledge of AI infrastructure and data pipelines supporting GPU clusters and large-scale AI workloads.
  • Experience with Rust Go.
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes containers and cloud-native architectures.
  • Experience using AI coding assistants and autonomous AI agents (such as GitHub Copilot OpenAI Codex Claude Code or similar tools) to accelerate software development testing and debugging.

Desired Skills

  • Strong systems thinking and software architecture skills.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • Passion for building high-performance infrastructure software.
  • Effective communication and collaboration skills.
  • Ability to work across cross-functional engineering teams.

Compensation:
The target salary range for this position is 196350 - 292600 USD. The salary offered will be determined by the candidates location qualifications experience and education and may be outside of this range. Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards reflecting a variety of factors and include a comprehensive benefits package. This may cover Health Insurance Life Insurance Retirement or Pension Plans Paid Time Off various Leave options Performance-Based Incentives employee stock purchase plan and/or restricted stocks (RSUs) with all offerings subject to regional variations and governed by local laws regulations and company policies. Benefits may vary by country and region and further details will be provided as part of the recruitment process.


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