Job Summary

As an Open Source Engineering Manager, you will lead the Open Source Contributions team and help ensure NetApp Instaclustr remains influential across key open source ecosystems, including Cassandra, OpenSearch, Kafka, and Cadence. You will drive contribution strategies that create customer value, strengthen the platform, and increase NetApp's impact within the communities that matter most. Working closely with Product, Engineering, Developer Relations, Support, and Marketing, you will help translate customer and business needs into meaningful upstream contributions and community engagement. This role offers the opportunity to shape open source direction, influence project roadmaps, and build strong relationships with maintainers, contributors, and foundations. You will mentor a globally distributed team, establish measurable goals, and ensure contributions deliver improvements in reliability, performance, and user experience for the Instaclustr platform.

The Open Source Engagement team consists of passionate individuals dedicated to helping open source communities thrive while delivering value to customers. This role requires up to 10% travel, including occasional international travel. Partner with Product Management to bring community feedback into product planning. Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Support to resolve complex issues involving upstream projects. Represent NetApp within strategic open source communities, foundations, and working groups. Build relationships with maintainers and influence project direction and governance. Track team objectives, delivery plans, risks, budgets, and resource allocation. Drive hiring, onboarding, performance management, coaching, and career development. Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, inclusion, and continuous improvement. Promote best practices for community participation and open source contributions. Encourage adoption of AI tools and practices that improve team productivity. Participate in community discussions, technical forums, and industry events. Strong understanding of open source development models, communities, and licensing.Experience working with distributed engineering teams. ~ Ability to review code and understand modern software development workflows. ~ Familiarity with development tools such as Git, CI/CD pipelines, and IDEs. ~ Experience collaborating across Product Management, Engineering, Support, and Developer Relations teams.Ability to influence without authority and build relationships across technical communities. ~ Knowledge of AI tools and practical AI use cases.Working knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.Strong organizational, planning, and prioritization skills. ~ Comfortable with asynchronous communication and remote collaboration.Willingness to participate in occasional meetings outside normal working hours to support a global team.

Experience contributing to or leading open source projects or communities. Familiarity with projects such as Cassandra, OpenSearch, Kafka, Cadence, or similar technologies. Experience representing organizations within foundations, steering committees, or working groups. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline. The target salary range for this position is 196,350 - 292,600 USD. 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.