Staff Engineer, Netskope Private Access

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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About the role

Please note this team is hiring across all levels and candidates are individually assessed and appropriately leveled based upon their skills and experience.

Netskope Private Access (NPA) is our Zero-Trust Network Access (ZTNA) product that large Fortune 500 enterprises use and rely upon everyday for secure access to their private applications. NPA reduces risk by providing zero trust application access instead of network access. NPA is one of the core services of our Security Service Edge (SSE) portfolio and is currently in rapid growth in customer base revenue and product maturity. It is an exciting time to join us as we enter a new phase of scale.

Click here to watch a demo video to learn how NPA works.

Whats in it for you

The Netskope Private Access (NPA) team is a cross-functional group of talented engineers responsible for the end-to-end development of NPA. As a member of this team you will play an integral part in the continuing development and evolution of this service.

What you will be doing

• Design and develop high-performance low-latency data-path components that terminate zero-trust tunnels and forward network traffic to private applications
• Work across the end-to-end data path and related control path from cloud services to software deployed in customer environments
• Own the full software lifecycle beyond the data path: host-OS provisioning and upgrades image packaging (OVA VHDX AMI) and deployment across public clouds and on-prem hypervisors
• Debug and root-cause complex data-path issues end-to-end from packet captures and kernel/network-stack behavior to multi-hop tunnel analysis
• Monitor triage and resolve alerts and production issues in a large-scale global environment

Required skills and experience

• 5 years building high-performance networking software not just socket programming but packet-level processing and event-driven architectures
• Programming mastery in C/C with solid unit and integration testing practices; Golang is a plus
• Deep hands-on knowledge of TCP/IP TLS DNS IP routing and NAT with strong Linux systems-level fundamentals
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills able to root-cause production issues from packet captures logs and metrics
• Docker/k8s and Linux host provisioning (OS upgrades image building cloud VM images) a plus
• Proven ability to leverage AI-powered coding tools (GitHub Copilot Cursor Claude Code) to accelerate development and maintain code quality

Education

• BSCS or equivalent required MSCS or equivalent strongly preferred

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