AI/ML Engineer

About the Position

NetApp's Chief Platform and Technology Office (CPTO) is seeking AI/ML Engineers to design and build cutting-edge AI/ML-powered incubation projects that drive NetApp's technology strategy and business transformation.

Responsibilities

• Design and build intelligent AI agents capable of reasoning, planning, tool use, and multi-step task execution.
• Architect and optimize LLM-powered systems including token optimization, cost-efficient inference, prompt engineering frameworks, and caching mechanisms.
• Build and scale advanced RAG pipelines with hybrid search, re-ranking, agentic retrieval, and dynamic knowledge base integration.
• Develop and maintain MLOps pipelines for model training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring at scale.
• Fine-tune and customize foundation models for domain-specific use cases in storage, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise operations.
• Build large-scale, fault-tolerant, low-latency distributed systems for real-time AI inference.
• Contribute to POCs and incubation projects that shape NetApp's AI/ML roadmap and long-term product vision.
• Explore unconventional AI architectures - including multi-modal AI, edge inference, and distributed training.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineers, data scientists, and product teams from problem definition through deployment and early customer support.
• Stay current with the evolving AI/ML landscape and drive adoption of emerging models, frameworks, and techniques that deliver business value.

Requirements

• 5–8 years of hands-on experience deploying AI/ML solutions in production.
• Proficiency in Python and working knowledge of Go.
• Experience with front-end frameworks such as React/Streamlit/Gradio.
• Strong experience with vector databases, MLOps practices, containerized deployment (Docker/Kubernetes), and cloud AI/ML services (AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, GCP Vertex AI).
• Solid foundation in classical ML/DL fundamentals, distributed systems, and software engineering best practices.

Nice to Have

• Experience in the storage/cloud domain.
• Strong communicators who are passionate about responsible AI, quality, and meeting deadlines.

We Offer

• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI/ML projects.
• Collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Professional growth and development opportunities.

About the Company

NetApp is a global, cloud-led, data-centric software company that helps organizations take full advantage of their data. We are committed to driving innovation and delivering value to our customers through technology and expertise.

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