Staff Sr. Staff, Backend Engineer Configuration & Telemetry

Netskope (NASDAQ: NTSK) is a leader in modern security and networking for the cloud and AI era. We secure and accelerate cloud data and AI in real time everywhere. Thousands of customers including more than 30 of the Fortune 100 trust the Netskope One platform its Zero Trust Engine and the powerful NewEdge network to gain full visibility and control without performance trade-offs.

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Great agentic AI depends on the data behind it. As a Senior Staff Backend Engineer you build the configuration service that drives every client and the telemetry pipeline that turns raw production signals into the performance security and quality insights that tell the team what to build next. Ingest classify aggregate dashboard: you own that spine and it runs against usage from Netskopes large customer base.

• You build the measurement engine. The teams whole strategy optimize where the data points runs on the pipeline you own.
• Green-field backend. This function is net-new. Youll set the patterns not inherit them.
• Real scale to build against. Netskopes customer footprint gives your pipelines production signals at a volume most teams never touch.

• Build the configuration backend service that manages and delivers config to clients.
• Build the telemetry pipeline: ingest usage events run a multi-category classifier aggregate performance/security/quality patterns and feed per-user and exec dashboards.
• Design and ship reliable observable secure services and APIs in Golang and/or Python.
• Partner with the ML team (which consumes the data) and the endpoint team (which emits it) and with partner orgs on the dashboard front-end.

• 10 years of overall industry experience with 6 years in backend/services and distributed systems in Golang and/or Python: services APIs and data pipelines/ETL youve built and operated in production.
• Experience with telemetry event or data pipelines and the storage/query systems behind them.
• Expertise with Kubernetes and cloud platforms (AWS) for deploying scaling and operating production services.
• Understanding of REST/HTTPS/TLS and designing and shipping secure APIs.
• Fluency with agentic coding systems and genuine curiosity about agent harnesses like Claude Code Pi and Codex bonus if youve instrumented one.
• Expertise with data structures and algorithms; strong communication skills.

• BS Computer Science or equivalent required; MS Computer Science or equivalent preferred.

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