Today, there's more data and users outside the enterprise than inside, causing the network perimeter as we know it to dissolve. We realized a new perimeter was needed, one that is built in the cloud and follows and protects data wherever it goes, so we started Netskope to redefine Cloud, Network and Data Security.
Since 2012, we have built the market-leading cloud security company and an award-winning culture powered by hundreds of employees spread across offices in Santa Clara, St. Louis, Bangalore, London, Paris, Melbourne, Taipei, and Tokyo. Our core values are openness, honesty, and transparency, and we purposely developed our open desk layouts and large meeting spaces to support and promote partnerships, collaboration, and teamwork. From catered lunches and office celebrations to employee recognition events and social professional groups such as the Awesome Women of Netskope (AWON), we strive to keep work fun, supportive and interactive. Visit us at Netskope Careers. Please follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter@Netskope.
About the role
Netskope is a recognized leader in Security Service Edge (SSE), holding the leader position in the Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Security Service Edge (SSE) for four consecutive years and positioned furthest in vision for both SSE and SASE Platforms reports as of July 2025.
As the core service of Netskope One platform and Zero Trust Engine, Netskope Private Access (NPA) provides integrated secure access for many large Fortune 500 enterprises everyday to their private applications based on user identity and policy, which significantly improves the security posture for enterprise network and private applications by providing zero trust application access instead of virtual private network access.
Given Netskope’s continued strong growth in the ZTNA and SSE markets, our team is expanding, making this an exciting time to join us! This is a technical leadership position, who can provide architectural and technical expertise to address performance, stability, security, and resiliency challenges.
Click here to watch a demo video to learn how NPA works.
What’s in it for you
The NPA engineering team is a cross-functional group of talented engineers responsible for the end-to-end development and operation of NPA. As a key member of this team you will play a technical leadership role in the continuing development and evolution of this cloud-native service.
What you will be doing
- Setting and driving the overall architectural design and strategic technical directions for the NPA team as well as influencing overall company-wide SSE architecture strategy.
- Making important technical decisions on behalf of the engineering team. Advising and providing technical recommendations for leaders at the VP level and above.
- Understanding requirement specs and designing and implementing high-quality features that ensure reliability, sustainability, scalability and observability.
- Working with Product Management to understand customer requirements and provide architectural guidance.
- Working with customer support teams and handling unstructured and very complex production issues within NPA and spanning multiple Netskope products.
- Connecting with SRE, operation, and platform engineering teams and provide technical guidance.
- Personally connecting with the Netskope’s vision and communicating the vision in a simple and compelling way to energize and motivate the team.
- Providing technical leadership by sharing and adapting industry leading practices for the benefit of the company.
Required skills and experience
- 10+ years of experience building high-performance networking software and cloud services.
- Expertise in multiple domains of SSE and SASE products, such as networking from Layer 3 to Layer 7, security, monitoring and observability, web and mobile applications, data processing, etc.
- Expertise in dealing with complex architectural problems across multiple products and at the same time handling design issues at module level.
- Programming mastery in key programming languages (C/C++ or golang), and ability to review code in these and other popular programming languages.
- Hands-on experience handling complex and ambiguous customer issues. Persistence in accomplishing objectives despite uncertain situations, obstacles, and setbacks.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to position views and arguments appropriately to win support. The ability to negotiate skillfully in tough situations in order to win concessions without damaging relationships, and to respond effectively to the reactions and positions of others.
- Confidence under pressure, a mature EQ, and the ability to show a high degree of self control while maintaining a positive attitude despite adversity.
- Willingness to work with a globally distributed team in different time zones.
- The ability to represent the company in appropriate external forums and industry events promoting thought technical leadership.
Education
BSCS or equivalent required, MSCS or equivalent strongly preferred
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Compensation:
At Netskope, salary is one component of our competitive total rewards package. The salary range for this position is as listed below. This is a national range. For purposes of complying with applicable laws, the range applies to candidates in California, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Washington, and other states.
The successful candidate’s starting pay will also be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, location, and market conditions.
For all sales roles, the posted salary range is the On Target Earnings (OTE) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target commission amount at 100% goal achievement.
In addition to salary, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus plan (for non-sales roles) and a stock award program. Candidates may also be eligible for a comprehensive health plan and other benefits that can be reviewed at Netskope Benefits site.
Netskope is committed to implementing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. Netskope does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on religion, race, color, sex, marital or veteran statues, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), or any other characteristic protected by the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction in which we operate.
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The application window for this position is expected to close within 50 days. You may apply by filling out the below information, or visiting our Netskope Careers site.
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