Senior Staff Engineer, Netskope
Endpoint Security
$124.5-253k
Office located in Santa Clara, CA
Security cloud platform
Be an early applicant
Security cloud platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$124.5-253k
Office located in Santa Clara, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To redefine cloud, network, and data security, empowering security teams with the right balance of protection and speed they need to secure their organisation's digital transformation journey.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
- 10+ years of experience building and operating highly available, distributed backend systems in production environments
- Strong experience designing and developing large-scale backend services using Golang
- Experience deploying and scaling services within cloud infrastructure
- Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive, detail-oriented approach
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to express complex technical ideas clearly. The ability to treat others with kindness even in tense situations is very important and valued
- Experience with AI-assisted development workflows
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and source control systems (e.g., Git, Gitlab, Jenkins)
- Experience with observability tools for metrics, logging, and monitoring (e.g., Datadog, Grafana)
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field required; Master’s degree or higher preferred
What the job involves
- The Endpoint Data Security team designs, implements and enhances next-generation endpoint security products. Netskope Endpoint DLP extends the Netskope Cloud DLP solution to data in use on employees’ managed machines protecting it from loss and theft
- It seamlessly extends all the advanced solution capabilities of Netskope Cloud DLP to corporate endpoints to consistently identify, monitor and protect sensitive data leaving such endpoints via USB
- As a Staff Software Engineer in the Data Protection team, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and enhancing client software for Netskope Cloud Security solutions, and solving some of the most challenging cloud access & data security problems for enterprise customers
- Own complex technical initiatives end-to-end, from technical design through production deployment and operational excellence
- Set the architectural direction of backend distribution APIs and services to ensure high availability, resiliency, and performance at scale
- Partner with product, engineering, and infrastructure stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions
- Strategically prioritize initiatives and technical workstreams to deliver the highest-impact and most time-sensitive outcomes, while proactively identifying, communicating, and mitigating risks to ensure successful execution
- Champion engineering best practices across code quality, testing, CI/CD, observability, and incident response
- Set standards for operational excellence, including monitoring, alerting, on-call processes, and post-incident analysis
- Perform thorough code reviews and uphold a high standard of technical rigor and maintainability
- Mentor and coach engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Influence newly-surfacing AI development best-practices and help the team be more productive
- Contribute to technical documentation and promote knowledge sharing across teams
Our take
As more and more businesses switch to the cloud, there is a growing concern over data breaches and outages, and companies need to invest more in stabilising their security tools. Netskope is a leader in cloud security, helping the world’s largest organisations take full advantage of the cloud and web without sacrificing their resilience to attacks.
The company's patented Cloud XD technology eliminates security blind spots, with the capability to quickly target and control activities across thousands of cloud services and millions of websites. With full control from one cloud, users benefit from 360-degree data protection that guards data everywhere, with advanced threat protection that stops more elusive attacks.
In 2025, Netskope went public and generated more than $900 million in share sales. Thanks to its IPO-sparked rise in market visibility, the company has expanded its customer list as an increasing number of organisations seek to bring their security and infrastructure into the digital age. Netskope, then, has become a driving force and voice for improved cloud security.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jan 2023
$401m
CONVERTIBLE
Jul 2021
$300m
SERIES H
Total funding: $1.4bn
Company benefits
- Family Medical Leave
- Flexible Work Schedule
- Remote Work Program
- Dental Benefits
- Disability Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Health Insurance Benefits
- Life Insurance
- Vision Benefits
- Commuter Benefits
- Company Outings
- Stocked Kitchen
- 401(K)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Sick Days
Company HQ
Santa Clara, CA
Leadership
Sanjay Beri
(Founder & CEO)Previously worked for 8 years at Juniper Networks, holding various positions such as VP and General Manager of Access/Security and Pulse Business Unit, and Executive Sponsor of Juniper Engineering Operations.
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