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Optimizes cloud infrastructure costs on AWS

Software Engineer

Full-Time
$147.9k - $220k+ Performance-based incentives + Restricted stock units + Employee stock purchase plan
Mid, Senior
Bachelor's
Morrisville, NC, USA+1 moreMore locations: San Jose, CA, USA
Remote
DevOps & InfrastructureDevOps Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 4 years of relevant experience in software development, cloud engineering, DevOps, infrastructure automation, or site reliability engineering.
  • Working knowledge of Python and Golang.
  • Experience developing or maintaining automation for Linux or other Unix-like operating systems.
  • Familiarity with source control, pull requests, code reviews, automated testing, and continuous integration and deployment practices.
  • Working knowledge of REST APIs and structured data formats such as JSON or YAML.
  • Familiarity with public-cloud services, preferably Microsoft Azure, and with containers or orchestration platforms such as Docker or Kubernetes.
  • Ability to troubleshoot software, infrastructure, networking, and configuration issues using available diagnostic information.
  • Understanding of software development lifecycle, DevOps, incident-management, and reliability practices.
  • Ability to independently complete moderately complex technical assignments with general direction and seek guidance when requirements or risks are unclear.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline; equivalent practical experience is also considered.
Responsibilities
  • Assist with command-line tools, APIs, PowerShell modules, Golang software, and Kubernetes-based operational jobs.
  • Develop and maintain software, scripts, and automation used to deploy and operate cloud infrastructure.
  • Perform functional, integration, regression, and reliability testing in non-production environments; document results and resolve defects before release.
  • Investigate software, infrastructure, networking, and configuration issues using logs, metrics, traces, and other diagnostics.
  • Implement well-defined enhancements and bug fixes using established engineering designs, coding standards, and review processes.
  • Contribute to infrastructure automation for storage, compute, networking, and supporting cloud resources.
  • Develop and improve safe, repeatable operational tooling that reduces manual production procedures.
  • Participate in incident response, production troubleshooting, and on-call processes as required by the team operating model.
  • Assist with root-cause investigations and implement corrective actions for recurring operational issues.
  • Monitor service health and identify opportunities to improve availability, performance, reliability, and supportability.
  • Create and maintain engineering documentation, test evidence, runbooks, and configuration guidance.
  • Collaborate with software engineering, production engineering, networking, security, hardware, and program-management partners.
  • Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, technical discussions, and knowledge-transfer sessions.
  • Apply secure-development and least-privilege principles when creating or modifying production automation.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with managed cloud services, distributed systems, storage technologies, infrastructure deployment, or production automation.

About the company

Spot.io, part of NetApp, helps businesses manage cloud costs and infrastructure on AWS. It uses software that analyzes cloud usage and automates management to lower compute expenses, especially through AWS EC2 spot instances, which offer spare capacity at reduced prices. The product provides deep visibility into cloud spending, an AWS cost optimization calculator for estimating potential savings, and a free action plan tailored to each customer. Revenue comes from selling software licenses and consulting services. Target customers include enterprises using containers and orchestration tools like Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, KOPS, Docker Swarm, and OpenShift. The company aims to reduce cloud compute costs for customers while simplifying cloud operations and improving efficiency.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$53.2M

Headquarters

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Founded

2015

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What believers are saying

  • Q4 FY2026 revenue hit $1.95 billion, up 12% year over year.
  • NetApp raised FY2027 revenue guidance to $7.325-$7.575 billion after strong Q1 demand.
  • Management reported more than 1,100 AI-specific deals in FY2026, with 350 more last quarter.

What critics are saying

  • Flexera closed Spot's acquisition on March 3, 2025, shrinking NetApp's CloudOps scope.
  • NetApp disclosed a May 20, 2026 WARN notice cutting 77 San Jose jobs.
  • Pure Storage, Dell, and HPE are attacking AI storage wins aggressively through 2026.

What makes NetApp unique

  • NetApp's ONTAP and all-flash arrays anchor its hybrid-cloud storage platform.
  • FY2026 public cloud revenue reached $182 million, extending Cloud Volumes differentiation.
  • AI-focused EF50 and EF80 target high-throughput workloads that protect GPU utilization.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Phone/Internet Stipend
  • Gym Membership
  • Parental Leave
  • Flexible Work Hours

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

-16%

1 year growth

-14%

2 year growth

-14%
Flexera
Mar 4th, 2025
Flexera acquires Spot

We’re thrilled to extend a heartfelt welcome to the customers and partners across the the full range of the Spot product portfolio including Eco, Ocean, Ocean for Apache Spark, Elastigroup, Spot Security, and CloudCheckr.

Pulse 2.0
Mar 3rd, 2025
Flexera Acquires NetApp's Spot FinOps Portfolio

Flexera has completed the acquisition of Spot from NetApp, enhancing its Cloud Financial Management offerings with AI-powered FinOps technologies. This acquisition expands Flexera's capabilities in managing cloud financial commitments, optimizing containers, and supporting SaaS and public cloud use cases. Spot's products, including Spot Eco, Spot Ocean, and Spot Elastigroup, will now be part of Flexera's portfolio, offering new opportunities for partners, especially MSPs and distributors.

Enterprise Times
Jan 15th, 2025
Flexera Acquires NetApp's FinOps Business

Flexera has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Spot by NetApp FinOps business from NetApp.

Dutch IT Leaders
Jan 15th, 2025
Flexera Acquires NetApp's FinOps Unit

Flexera has acquired the FinOps division from NetApp, enhancing its ability to manage multi-cloud costs and FinOps needs across hybrid cloud, SaaS applications, and containers. The integration of Spot's AI and ML technology with Flexera's expertise will offer a comprehensive FinOps solution, improving financial accountability and efficiency in cloud operations. This move aligns with Flexera's strategy to provide a complete overview of tech expenditures and risks. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.

NetApp
Jan 15th, 2025
Unlocking the value of an intelligent data infrastructure

By integrating Spot's AI- and ML-enabled technology into Flexera's FinOps portfolio, the solution can better address the market's rising demand for cloud cost management.