NetApp

Performance Engineer (Cloud Data Plane Engineering)

NetApp$147K — $220K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of relevant experience in performance engineering.
  • Expertise in performance analysis and workload characterization techniques.
  • Understanding of trade-offs in multi-tenant cloud environments.
  • Hands-on experience applying AI/ML techniques to performance tasks.
  • Strong foundations in operating systems and systems programming, ideally in C.
  • Proficiency in scripting (Python, shell) and familiarity with Jupyter notebooks.

Responsibilities

  • Design and conduct performance benchmarks and analyze results for improvements.
  • Utilize AI-assisted techniques for optimizing performance and addressing bottlenecks.
  • Prototype performance enhancements in cloud services and distributed systems.
  • Analyze customer experience signals and provide insights for optimization.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and life insurance coverage.
  • Retirement or pension plans for long-term financial security.
  • Generous paid time off and various leave options.
  • Performance-based incentives to reward contributions.
  • Employee stock purchase plan and restricted stock options available.
Full Job Description
Job Summary

Design, develop, analyze, and optimize cloud software and performance capabilities for cloud storage services and distributed systems. In this role you will collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to model, measure, analyze, and improve the performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency of cloud platforms-ensuring customer and market requirements are met while balancing quality, cost, and time-to-market. The ideal candidate is systems-focused, analytical and creative, and driven to deliver measurable performance improvements at cloud scale.

Responsibilities

  • Design and execute performance benchmarks/workloads; measure, analyze, interpret, and socialize results to identify improvement opportunities.
  • Apply AI-assisted performance engineering techniques and develop tools (e.g., performance analysis, automated regression triage, and ML-based capacity planning) to accelerate bottleneck analysis and guide optimization priorities.
  • Evaluate design alternatives and prototype performance enhancements across cloud services and distributed components.
  • Collect and analyze customer experience signals and usage patterns; prepare findings and recommendations for engineering and management.


Job Requirements

  • A minimum of 4 years of experience is required.
  • Knowledge of performance analysis, modeling techniques, benchmarking, and workload characterization.
  • Understanding of performance tradeoffs when designing for multi-tenant, elastic cloud environments (latency, throughput, cost, and reliability).
  • Hands-on experience applying AI/ML techniques to performance engineeringUnderstanding of AI/ML workloads and their impact on cloud storage performance.
  • Strong foundations in operating systems, data structures, and standard programming practices; systems programming in C is highly desirable.
  • Proficiency with scripting and automation (Python, shell; Perl acceptable) and comfort working with notebooks (e.g., Jupyter).


Education

  • A Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, or PhD Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science; or equivalent experience is required.

Compensation:
The target salary range for this position is 147,900 - 220,000 USD. The salary offered will be determined by the candidate's 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 (RSU's), 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.

About NetApp

NetApp is a global cloud-led, data-centric software company that empowers organizations to lead with data in the age of accelerated digital transformation. The company provides systems, software and cloud services that enable them to run their applications optimally from data center to cloud, whether they are developing in the cloud, moving to the cloud, or creating their own cloud-like experiences on premises. With solutions that perform across diverse environments, NetApp helps organizations build their own data fabric and securely deliver the right data, services and applications to the right people?anytime, anywhere. Learn more at www.netapp.com.
Learn more about NetApp
Size
12,000 employees
Market Cap
$12.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$592 million
Founded
1992
5 Year Trend
+2.8%
Revenue
$5.5 billion
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