Is NetApp a good company to work for as a Developer Senior?

Developer Senior professionals working at NetApp have rated their employer with 2.7 out of 5 stars in 65 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of NetApp employees being 3.7 out of 5 stars. Search open Developer Senior Jobs at NetApp now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Developer Senior interview questions at NetApp .

Does NetApp pay Developer Senior employees well?

Developer Senior professionals rate their compensation and benefits at NetApp with 2.8 out of 5 stars based on 65 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 30.3% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Developer Senior salaries at NetApp.

How happy are Developer Senior professionals working at NetApp?

11% of Developer Senior employees at NetApp would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 65% in the past 12 months. Developer Senior professionals have also rated NetApp with a 2.4 rating for work-life-balance, 3.5 rating for diversity and inclusion, 2.0 rating for culture and values and 2.6 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at NetApp?

Software Engineer (202) , Member Of Technical Staff (145) , Technical Support Engineer (92) , Intern (71) , Senior Software Engineer (71) , Member Technical Staff, Software (68) , Program Manager (66) , Manager (60) , Account Manager (53) , Sales (52) , MTS-3 (50) , Sales Representative (49) , Product Manager (46) , Systems Engineer (45) , MTS3 (43)

What are the pros of working at NetApp according to real employee reviews?

"It has great culture and you will one has the full responsibility of his/her job and freedom of doing his own way." ((in 672 reviews)); ""Good work/life balance (but it depends on the team you're on)"" ((in 550 reviews)); "Netapp was a great place to work early on and the _technical_ people were great to work with." ((in 521 reviews)); "Good benefit and working envrironment" ((in 353 reviews)); "good work culture and some of the best minds in the industry" ((in 240 reviews))

What are the cons of working at NetApp according to real employee reviews?

"Frequent layoffs if you're not in their core business (storage and data protection)" ((in 336 reviews)); "Much of this change has been driven by poor management and poor quality control." ((in 223 reviews)); "Most of the management teams are good but there are also some managers that you would wish you never had." ((in 119 reviews)); "I can only see this company go down the drain, due this poor leadership, excessive spending on unnecessary things such as beer bash" ((in 77 reviews)); "Poor Upper Management and forward road map" ((in 54 reviews))

NetApp Developer Senior reviews

2.7

11% would recommend to a friend

(65 total reviews)

George Kurian

17% approve of CEO

11% positive business outlook

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Senior Developer employees have rated NetApp with 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 65 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Developer professionals have an average working experience there. NetApp is rated 26% below average by Senior Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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65 reviews

3.0

Jun 19, 2026

Poor leadership and frequent layoffs overshadow the salary

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I am thinking about this…

Cons

Poor leadership. Frequent small layoffs that you don’t hear about. You find someone got laid off when you can’t find names as email recipients. I(n the past few years the company has been letting go of the more senior, higher salaried employees. Salary lower than industry. Oh, and politics.

5.0

Jun 18, 2026

Good work-life balance, but poor leadership

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance (in my team)

Cons

Leadership is bad, stay away!

3.0

Jun 9, 2026

It's ok

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Not the worst pay around - Opportunity for advancement if you get the right management - Good financial benefits (ESPP, 401k options, mega backdoor Roth) - The one thing GK is good at is driving up the company stock price. Hope you got yourself some RSUs

Cons

- NetApp hasn't made a new product in 10 years, so you'll be hard pressed to find development work that isn't directly tied to supporting what was built before then. - Very little innovation other than weekend-project-level AI tools - Health and dental benefits are not great - Upper management is completely detached from reality

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