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Development Manager roles in the United States are accessible to international professionals through the J-1 Trainee or Specialist program category, both requiring a designated sponsor organization to issue your DS-2019. Finding a host employer willing to structure a J-1 sponsorship arrangement is the critical first step.
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At NetApp, your ideas power innovation. We lead in intelligent data infrastructure—delivering unified storage, integrated data services, and solutions that help organizations unlock the full potential of their data, from AI to multicloud.
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.
Job Summary
NetApp is seeking a curious, self-driven Product Manager Intern to support the Multi-Cloud Storage Developer Experience team, with a focus on Product-Led Growth (PLG) strategy and developer tooling. This internship offers hands-on experience working on products that help developers discover, adopt, and integrate NetApp's cloud storage services — Azure NetApp Files (ANF), Google Cloud NetApp Volumes (GCNV), and Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP (FSxN) — directly from the tools they already use.
You'll work alongside experienced Product Managers, engineers, and hyperscaler partners to accelerate developer onboarding, improve self-serve adoption, and shape the future of cloud storage developer experience. If you're excited about AI-powered tooling and the intersection of infrastructure and developer platforms, this is the internship for you.
Job Responsibilities
- PLG Strategy & Execution: Assist the PM team in executing go-to-market motions for developer-led adoption of cloud storage services, including tracking activation funnels, time-to-value metrics, and self-serve onboarding completion rates across ANF, GCNV, and FSxN.
- Developer Tooling Support: Help evolve the ANF VS Code Extension and related developer tools — including natural language command interfaces, K8s integration templates, and agentic storage workflows — by gathering developer feedback, documenting feature gaps, and coordinating with engineering on backlog items.
- MCP & Agentic AI Research: Support the team's MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration work by researching agentic AI frameworks, cataloging use cases, and helping in research.
- Onboarding Experience Analysis: Identify friction points in the developer onboarding journey for multi-cloud storage provisioning, and propose simplification or automation opportunities that reduce time-to-first-volume.
- Customer & Community Insights: Monitor developer community signals (GitHub issues, VS Code Marketplace reviews, Stack Overflow threads, hyperscaler forums) and synthesize insights to inform product priorities.
- Market & Competitive Research: Research how competing cloud storage providers (AWS EFS, Azure Blob, Google Filestore) approach developer experience, PLG, and IDE integrations, and summarize findings into actionable competitive briefs.
- Metrics & Reporting: Help track PLG KPIs — extension installs, active users, onboarding completion, API adoption — and prepare dashboards or decks that communicate progress to leadership.
What You'll Gain
- Real-world PLG and developer experience PM work on production-scale cloud storage products.
- Exposure to hyperscaler partnership dynamics (Microsoft, Google, AWS) and how enterprise storage products reach developers.
- Hands-on familiarity with agentic AI frameworks, MCP integrations, and extension ecosystems.
- Mentorship from experienced Product Managers driving one of NetApp's key strategic growth bets.
- A collaborative team that ships fast, values intellectual curiosity, and learns loudly.
Job Requirements
- Strong interest in product management, developer experience, PLG, or cloud infrastructure platforms.
- Curiosity about AI-powered tooling, IDE extensions, or agentic workflows — hands-on experience is a strong plus.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to connect developer behavior signals to product decisions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable writing PRDs, one-pagers, or competitive briefs.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, AWS) or storage concepts is a plus, not a requirement.
- Scrappy, resourceful, and comfortable operating with ambiguity in a fast-moving environment.
Education
Must be enrolled in an educational or professional program through Summer 2026 or later, preferably pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related technical field.
Compensation:
Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards, reflecting a variety of factors, and include a comprehensive benefits package. 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.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
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.
Submitting an application
To ensure a streamlined and fair hiring process for all candidates, our team only reviews applications submitted through our company website. 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.
Own Every Moment at NetApp
At NetApp, your ideas power innovation. We lead in intelligent data infrastructure—delivering unified storage, integrated data services, and solutions that help organizations unlock the full potential of their data, from AI to multicloud.
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.
Job Summary
NetApp is seeking a curious, self-driven Product Manager Intern to support the Multi-Cloud Storage Developer Experience team, with a focus on Product-Led Growth (PLG) strategy and developer tooling. This internship offers hands-on experience working on products that help developers discover, adopt, and integrate NetApp's cloud storage services — Azure NetApp Files (ANF), Google Cloud NetApp Volumes (GCNV), and Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP (FSxN) — directly from the tools they already use.
You'll work alongside experienced Product Managers, engineers, and hyperscaler partners to accelerate developer onboarding, improve self-serve adoption, and shape the future of cloud storage developer experience. If you're excited about AI-powered tooling and the intersection of infrastructure and developer platforms, this is the internship for you.
Job Responsibilities
- PLG Strategy & Execution: Assist the PM team in executing go-to-market motions for developer-led adoption of cloud storage services, including tracking activation funnels, time-to-value metrics, and self-serve onboarding completion rates across ANF, GCNV, and FSxN.
- Developer Tooling Support: Help evolve the ANF VS Code Extension and related developer tools — including natural language command interfaces, K8s integration templates, and agentic storage workflows — by gathering developer feedback, documenting feature gaps, and coordinating with engineering on backlog items.
- MCP & Agentic AI Research: Support the team's MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration work by researching agentic AI frameworks, cataloging use cases, and helping in research.
- Onboarding Experience Analysis: Identify friction points in the developer onboarding journey for multi-cloud storage provisioning, and propose simplification or automation opportunities that reduce time-to-first-volume.
- Customer & Community Insights: Monitor developer community signals (GitHub issues, VS Code Marketplace reviews, Stack Overflow threads, hyperscaler forums) and synthesize insights to inform product priorities.
- Market & Competitive Research: Research how competing cloud storage providers (AWS EFS, Azure Blob, Google Filestore) approach developer experience, PLG, and IDE integrations, and summarize findings into actionable competitive briefs.
- Metrics & Reporting: Help track PLG KPIs — extension installs, active users, onboarding completion, API adoption — and prepare dashboards or decks that communicate progress to leadership.
What You'll Gain
- Real-world PLG and developer experience PM work on production-scale cloud storage products.
- Exposure to hyperscaler partnership dynamics (Microsoft, Google, AWS) and how enterprise storage products reach developers.
- Hands-on familiarity with agentic AI frameworks, MCP integrations, and extension ecosystems.
- Mentorship from experienced Product Managers driving one of NetApp's key strategic growth bets.
- A collaborative team that ships fast, values intellectual curiosity, and learns loudly.
Job Requirements
- Strong interest in product management, developer experience, PLG, or cloud infrastructure platforms.
- Curiosity about AI-powered tooling, IDE extensions, or agentic workflows — hands-on experience is a strong plus.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to connect developer behavior signals to product decisions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable writing PRDs, one-pagers, or competitive briefs.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, AWS) or storage concepts is a plus, not a requirement.
- Scrappy, resourceful, and comfortable operating with ambiguity in a fast-moving environment.
Education
Must be enrolled in an educational or professional program through Summer 2026 or later, preferably pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related technical field.
Compensation:
Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards, reflecting a variety of factors, and include a comprehensive benefits package. 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.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
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.
Submitting an application
To ensure a streamlined and fair hiring process for all candidates, our team only reviews applications submitted through our company website. 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.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding J-1 Visa Sponsorship as a Development Manager
Frame your training plan around measurable outcomes
Your designated sponsor requires a detailed Training or Internship Placement Plan (T/IPP). Development Manager candidates should document specific project milestones, skills to be acquired, and supervisory structures, since vague plans are the most common reason sponsors delay DS-2019 issuance.
Verify your role qualifies under Trainee or Specialist
J-1 Trainee category requires a degree plus one year of relevant experience, or five years of work experience. Senior-level Development Manager candidates who exceed these thresholds may fit the Specialist category instead. Confirm your classification with your designated sponsor before your host employer drafts any offer letter.
Search Migrate Mate to find J-1-aligned host employers
Host employers for Development Manager roles are rarely advertising J-1 openings explicitly. Use Migrate Mate to identify organizations with a documented history of hosting international professionals, which signals the internal HR infrastructure needed to coordinate with a designated sponsor.
Check whether your host employer has hosted J-1 participants before
Ask prospective employers directly whether they have an existing relationship with a State Department-designated sponsor such as Cultural Vistas or AIPT. Establishing that relationship from scratch adds weeks to your timeline and requires the employer to complete a separate vetting process.
Understand the 2-year home residency requirement before accepting
Certain J-1 participants, including those funded by their home government or whose skills appear on the Exchange Visitor Skills List, must return home for two years after the program ends. Confirm your eligibility status with your designated sponsor before signing an offer, since this affects future H-1B or green card pathways.
Align your offer letter timeline with DS-2019 processing
Sponsors like IIE and Cultural Vistas typically need three to six weeks to issue a DS-2019 after receiving a completed program application. Your host employer's offer letter should reflect a start date that accounts for this window, plus your consular appointment wait time.
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Find Development Manager JobsDevelopment Manager J-1 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Which J-1 program category fits a Development Manager role?
Most Development Manager candidates fall under the J-1 Trainee or Specialist category. Trainee applies if you hold a relevant degree plus at least one year of related work experience, or five or more years of experience without a degree. The Specialist category covers professionals with recognized expertise in a specialized field. Your designated sponsor organization makes the final category determination based on your documentation.
Who actually sponsors the J-1 visa for a Development Manager position?
The visa sponsor is a U.S. Department of State-designated organization, not your hiring employer. Organizations such as Cultural Vistas, AIPT, and IIE issue the DS-2019 form and are legally responsible for monitoring your program. Your employer is the host organization. The two roles are separate, and your host employer must be approved by the designated sponsor before your DS-2019 can be issued.
How do I find host employers open to J-1 arrangements for management roles?
Host employers that have previously worked with designated sponsors are significantly easier to place with because they understand the compliance requirements. Use Migrate Mate to identify companies with a track record of hosting international professionals in development or management functions. Approaching employers who already have sponsor relationships shortens your timeline and reduces the administrative burden on both sides.
Can a Development Manager J-1 participant transition to an H-1B after the program ends?
Yes, but the 2-year home residency requirement can block that path if it applies to you. If your J-1 category triggers the requirement under INA Section 212(e), you must return to your home country for two years before applying for an H-1B or most immigrant visas. A waiver is possible through USCIS but requires meeting specific grounds such as exceptional hardship or a no-objection statement from your home government.
What documentation does a Development Manager need to prepare before approaching a designated sponsor?
Sponsors require evidence of your degree, a translated transcript if applicable, a detailed resume showing progression in development or management functions, and a letter from your prospective host employer describing the training objectives. You will also need to complete a Training or Internship Placement Plan outlining specific skills, tasks, and supervision arrangements. Incomplete applications are the primary cause of DS-2019 delays.
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