Distinguished Engineer, Netskope

Secure Web Gateway

Salary not provided
Python
Linux
C++
C
Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Santa Clara, CA

Netskope

Security cloud platform

Open for applications

Netskope

Security cloud platform

1001+ employees

B2BEnterprisePrivacySaaSCyber SecurityCloud Computing

Open for applications

Salary not provided
Python
Linux
C++
C
Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Santa Clara, CA

1001+ employees

B2BEnterprisePrivacySaaSCyber SecurityCloud Computing

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

  • 18+ years of overall experience, including 10+ years of experience building high-performance networking software and cloud services
  • Expertise in building high throughput and low latency data systems, such as networking from Layer 3 to Layer 7, web proxy, 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 python), and ability to review code in these and other popular programming languages
  • Strong understanding of computer architecture – multi-threading, CPU scheduling, memory management with practical knowledge of Linux at system/kernel level
  • 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
  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills using debuggers like gdb and tools like Valgrind
  • Proponent of TDD a big plus, knowledge of various unit testing frameworks
  • BSCS or equivalent required, MSCS or equivalent strongly preferred

What the job involves

  • In this role you will be a key member of the NG-SWG team supporting our in-line Secure Web Gateway (SWG) products, which have been recognized by Gartner as market leaders in their Magic Quadrant reports
  • Setting and driving the overall architectural design and strategic technical directions for the SWG team
  • Understanding requirement specs and designing and implementing high-quality features that ensure reliability, sustainability, scalability and observability for data plane
  • Working with Product Management to understand customer requirements and provide architectural guidance
  • Providing technical leadership by sharing and adapting industry leading practices for the benefit of the company
  • Build scalable and performant services that inspect various network protocols, such as HTTP/HTTPS, at line rate using advanced data structures and algorithms in C, C++, Python. For example, analyze content in real-time to provide security and perform deep inspection of traffic in near real time
  • Integrate with other features like DLP and Threat protection
  • Build sophisticated key management algorithms

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Insights

Top investors

12% employee growth in 12 months

Company

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

Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)

Jan 2023

$401m

CONVERTIBLE

Jul 2021

$300m

SERIES H

Total funding: $1.4bn

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.

At the beginning of 2023, Netskope raised $401 million in funding that has been used to advance its secure access service edge (SASE) efforts. It continues to release new products, as well as report on the development of the cyberthreat landscape, with the potential to become a driving force and voice for improved cloud security.

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