Principal Engineer, AI Business Unit

Job overview

The Principal Engineer, AI Business Unit role is described within NetApp’s hybrid working environment; the specific work location and arrangement are not stated. Compensation is not specified. The role supports NetApp’s AI Business Unit and its work at the intersection of storage, data, and artificial intelligence. This senior individual contributor provides technical architecture and direction for complex, cross-team initiatives. By remaining hands-on while resolving difficult design and system problems, the engineer helps teams deliver scalable, reliable AI and data infrastructure and align technical decisions with business priorities.

What you'll do

• Serve as technical architect or technical lead across major AI Business Unit initiatives and own system design end to end. Set technical direction and design standards across engineering teams. Resolve cross-cutting technical problems and author design documents and RFCs. Write production code, review high-stakes designs and pull requests, and unblock difficult engineering issues. Partner with engineering and product leadership on roadmaps and architecture decisions
• mentor engineers
• identify and address technical risks
• and represent engineering in technical reviews.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

principal engineer

ai business unit

netapp

hybrid working environment

distributed systems

cloud-native architecture

distributed storage

system design

production software

technical architecture

ai/ml systems

ci/cd

mentoring

design documents and rfcs

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Benefits may include health and life insurance, retirement or pension plans, paid time off, leave options, performance-based incentives, employee stock purchase plan, and restricted stock units
• offerings vary by region.

Why this role

Hands-on principal-level technical leadership across teams without formal management authority, including architecture for large-scale distributed systems and cloud-native environments.

About the employer

NetApp is hiring for this role. Industry: Software Publishers. Sector: 51.