Senior Software Engineering Manager

NetApp

At NetApp, our High Achievement Principles shape how we work: we innovate to elevate, drive results, and excel as a team. 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.

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• Analytical
• Adaptable
• Communicator
• Detail-oriented
• Quick-thinking
• Problem solver

Responsibilities

• Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Job category: Engineering

• Job ID: 136446-en_US

• 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. Join teams that innovate to elevate, drive results, and excel together across every function.

Job Summary

As a Senior Software Engineering Manager for the Core Software Engineering group, you will drive engineering projects and development support by collaborating with cross-functional teams across NetApp, including our partners in Cloud Storage and AI. You will direct the activities of software systems development and quality assurance functions to build and maintain solutions in ONTAP. You will impact the planning, execution, and delivery of parallel projects, enabling NetApp customers to embrace our Enterprise, Cloud, and AI solutions.

Job Requirements

• Manage cross-functional projects involving multiple teams to deliver software-defined storage solutions.
• Coordinate execution across diverse groups to ensure successful delivery.
• Drive organizational and cultural change across the team.
• Identify, develop, and grow leaders within the organization.
• Build and sustain high-performing, engaged teams.
• Align teams to core company values.
• Create, influence, and drive strategic initiatives.
• Ensure effective execution of long-term plans and business objectives.
• Make decisions with significant operational or financial implications.
• Optimize processes, resources, and outcomes for efficiency.
• Apply deep domain expertise to solve complex technical or business issues.
• Develop medium- and long-range plans to address challenges.
• Collaborate with stakeholders at all levels, from individual contributors to vice presidents.
• Work effectively across different functions and business units.
• Partner with support teams to resolve escalations efficiently.
• Interface with customers and partners to understand issues and drive solutions.

Education

• 12–18 years of overall industry experience in software development, cloud, or storage technologies (adjustable based on the role level).

• 6+ years of experience as a Manager, leading engineering or cross-functional teams.

• Proven ability to lead teams through the full software development life cycle.

• Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional groups (Development, QA, Automation).

• Experience working in fast-paced, high-growth environments with shifting priorities.

• 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. Apply now.

• AI Disclosure

• For select roles, some stages of our hiring process may use artificial intelligence tools to help evaluate applications and candidate selection. These tools support—rather than replace—human decision-making.

• Our values

• Put the customer at the center. Care for each other and your 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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• 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. We pledge to take every reasonable step to ensure that our applicants and employees are respected, treated fairly and with dignity. See the EEO poster, Know your rights poster, and NetApp EEO policy. NetApp makes reasonable accommodations, consistent with applicable laws, for religious purposes and for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability, who can perform the essential job functions unless undue hardship would result.

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• At NetApp, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible workplace where individuals with disabilities can thrive. In alignment with our values, NetApp provides reasonable accommodations and adjustments where possible to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities, in accordance with employment rights and regulations relevant to their country of employment, to ensure equal access to employment opportunities and job performance.