Principal Engineer, AI BU at NetApp, Inc.
About the role
Job Summary As a Principal Engineer in NetApp's AI BU, you are a senior technical authority — architecting and tech-leading complex, cross-team initiatives and setting technical direction for products at the intersection of storage, data, and AI. You are the engineer other teams turn to for the hardest design and architecture problems, and you drive outcomes through technical depth and influence rather than management authority, retaining a hands-on, individual-contributor focus. Key Responsibi…
Interview process at NetApp, Inc.
General interview process (this company's specific loop isn't published - reach out if you have insider info).
- Recruiter phone screen - typically 20-40 min
- Technical screen - 1 coding problem or take-home; format varies by company
- Onsite / virtual loop - typically 4-6 rounds over 2-3 weeks; exact split of coding, systems design, and behavioral varies by role and location
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