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Ready to innovate and contribute to our path to $10B? Here, you'll collaborate with passionate teams, tackle real-world challenges, and see your impact in how customers transform and grow. If you're ready to bring curiosity, creativity, and drive to every moment, NetApp is where your journey begins.
Software Engineer Intern
San Jose, California, United StatesJob Summary
NetApp builds intelligent data infrastructure that helps customers manage, protect, and extract value from their data—anywhere it lives. Our engineering teams design and deliver highly scalable, reliable, and secure software that powers mission-critical workloads across the globe.
As a Software Engineer Intern, you will work alongside experienced engineers to design, build, test, and deploy production-quality software systems. You will contribute to real-world products used by thousands of customers, gaining hands-on experience with modern software engineering practices, distributed systems, cloud-scale technologies and Generative AI–enabled development workflows.
You will also gain exposure to Generative AI technologies, agentic frameworks, and AI copilots, learning how intelligent agents and developer assistance tools can accelerate software development, improve code quality, and enable new product capabilities.
At NetApp, we believe interns are not observers, they are builders. You will have the opportunity to make meaningful contributions while learning how high-impact software is designed, implemented, and operated at scale.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and test software components in a collaborative, agile development environment.
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following established engineering best practices.
- Leverage AI-powered developer copilots to accelerate coding, testing, debugging, and documentation tasks.
- Participate in code reviews to both learn from and contribute to the team’s shared codebase.
- Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve software defects and performance issues.
- Work with senior engineers, architects, and product managers to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Assist in building or integrating Generative AI–powered features, such as intelligent assistants, automation workflows, or recommendation systems.
- Gain exposure to agentic frameworks and patterns (e.g., tool-using agents, multi-step reasoning, orchestration of AI agents).
- Contribute to documentation, design notes, and technical specifications.
- Assist with automation, tooling, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) efforts as needed.
- Communicate progress, challenges, and results clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Job Requirements
- Strong foundation in computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design.
- Hands-on programming experience in one or more languages such as Python, JavaScript or NodeJS
- Familiarity with software development lifecycle concepts, including version control (e.g., Git), testing, and debugging.
- Basic understanding of operating systems, networking, or distributed systems concepts.
- Awareness of Generative AI concepts, including large language models (LLMs), prompt engineering, or AI-assisted development tools.
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly and apply them effectively.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate within a team.
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Additional Skills and Abilities
- Exposure to Generative AI frameworks or libraries (e.g., LangChain, Semantic Kernel, OpenAI/LLM SDKs, vector databases).
- Understanding of agentic design patterns, such as chaining, tool calling, memory, or task orchestration.
- Exposure to cloud platforms, containerization (Docker), or orchestration tools (Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with databases (relational or NoSQL) and basic data modeling concepts.
- Ability to think analytically, break down complex problems, and propose practical solutions.
- Strong sense of ownership, curiosity, and attention to detail.
- Ability to work both independently and in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
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Preferences
- Experience developing or consuming RESTful APIs or microservices.
- Exposure to distributed systems, storage systems, or cloud-native architectures.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, or DevOps practices.
- Experience working with large-scale codebases or production systems.
- Interest in building software that leverages Generative AI, intelligent agents, and automation to improve developer and customer experiences.
- Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions.
Education
Must be enrolled in an educational or professional program through summer 2026 or later, preferably working towards a bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
Compensation:
Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards, reflecting a variety of factors. Benefits may vary by country and region, and further details will be provided as part of the recruitment process.
At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees. This means that most roles will have some level of in-office and/or in-person expectations, which will be shared during the recruitment process.
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NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.
Why You'll Thrive at NetApp
At NetApp, you won't wait for the perfect moment—you'll make it. The early planning, the extra thought, the bold idea that turns good into great: That's how our people operate and how we continue to push the boundaries of data infrastructure.
NetApp is the trusted partner for organizations transforming data into opportunity. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, we empower customers to run everything from traditional workloads to enterprise AI with unmatched performance, resilience, and security.
Our culture
We celebrate mold breakers, bold thinkers, and problem solvers. We reward initiative, impact, and ownership. We provide flexibility so you can balance professional ambition with your personal life. Here, differences are not just welcomed—they drive everything we do.
If you're ready to innovate, rise to the challenge, and own every moment - make your next move your best one. Apply now.
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To ensure a streamlined and fair hiring process for all candidates, our team reviews applications submitted through our company website only. This practice allows us to track, assess, and respond to applicants efficiently. Emailing our employees, recruiters, or Human Resources personnel directly will not influence your application.