--- title: Performance Engineer Cloud at NetApp in Morrisville, NC description: NetApp is hiring for the Performance Engineer Cloud role in Morrisville, NC. Pays $147.9K–$220K per year. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/software-engineer-at-netapp-01a0d566-1ab8-7eac-ae6e-467f24e5b9b4 date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join NetApp as Performance Engineer Cloud in Morrisville, NC. Pays $147.9K–$220K per year. Requires 4+ years of experience. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/t1ys3f.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | [NetApp](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/netapp?utm_source=ai_markdown) | | **Location** | Morrisville, NC | | **Salary** | $147.9K/yr - $220K/yr | | **Posted** | Sep 24, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** A · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** NetApp sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 164 H-1B petitions (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4). - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for NetApp. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $197,000 – $236,000 a year (median $225,000). ## 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. ## Skills - Cloud Computing - Scripting - C - Perl - Triage - Performance Analysis - Material Characterization - Python - Cloud Storage - Automation - Performance Engineering - Regression Analysis - Scalability - Market Requirements Documents - Benchmarking - Bottleneck Analysis - Computer Science - System Programming - Jupyter Notebook - Multi-Tenant Architecture - Data Structures - Electrical Engineering - Customer Experience - Machine Learning - Shell Script - Distributed Systems - Capacity Planning ## Benefits - Health Insurance - Life Insurance - Paid Time Off (Pto) - Other Retirement and Savings - Employee Stock Options (ESOs) ## Related - [More jobs at NetApp](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/netapp?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Technology & Software jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Software Development jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/software-development?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Software Developer / Engineer jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/software-development/software-developer-engineer?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Performance Engineer jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/software-development/software-developer-engineer/performance-engineer?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [North Carolina](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/north-carolina?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 90426 jobs - [Computer Hardware](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/computer-hardware?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 22574 jobs - [NetApp](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/netapp?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 408 jobs ## Related pages - [North Carolina](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/north-carolina?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 90426 jobs - [Computer Hardware](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/computer-hardware?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 22574 jobs - [NetApp](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/netapp?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 408 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)