Director, Software Engineer at NetApp
Morrisville, NC
$227,800–$338,800from the description
Jul 23, 2026
Morrisville, NC
Jul 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering leadership role within an AI-focused business unit, responsible for directing multiple software development teams building large-scale cloud and on-premises services. Day-to-day work spans setting technical and architectural direction, managing engineering managers, driving Agile delivery, and overseeing reliability and scalability of cloud-native systems. Suits an experienced engineering leader with a background in distributed systems, cloud platforms, and AI/ML.
Principal level · 15+ years · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 6 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 2–9
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $298,074 (middle half $224,695–$326,567). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
This is a Director-level people-management role overseeing multiple engineering teams and managers, making 11-3021 the clear primary SOC; 15-1252 is noted as a runner-up given the strong hands-on technical expectations described.
The posting requires 15+ years of industry experience in software development and 7+ years of leadership experience managing engineering teams; 15 years is used as the overall years minimum as the higher overall gate.
Location is not explicitly stated in the posting; NetApp's headquarters is in San Jose, CA, and the role references a hybrid working environment, so San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CBSA is used as the best available inference.
Cloud platform requirement is stated as 'AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud' — AWS is listed as the primary skill with Azure and GCP as named alternatives.
'Agentic engineering using local and/or frontier models' is a required qualification; captured as 'agentic AI' since no specific named tool is cited.
Knowledge graphs/semantics/data modeling, distributed database systems, and AI model training/deployment all appear under 'Preferred qualifications' and are marked accordingly.
Storage systems experience is explicitly called 'preferred but not mandatory' in the summary, so it is not captured as a hard gate.
The salary range ($227,800–$338,800/year) is stated as a target and may vary by candidate location.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): cloud-native architecture, AI model training and deployment.
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