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# Sr.Staff Engineer,Secure Web Gateway. at Netskope

- **Company:** Netskope
- **Location:** India
- **Posted:** 2026-09-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-15
- **Apply:** https://www.netskope.com/company/careers/open-positions/?gh_jid=8176573

## Job description

Join the Future of Security at Netskope

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.

At Netskope, our technology is driven by our greatest strength: our people. We believe that belonging powers innovation, and success is both personal and organizational. We embrace differences in gender, ethnicity, beliefs, ability, and identity, creating an environment where every voice is heard and respected. We empower our employees to bring their authentic selves to work, grow their careers through continuous education and mentorship, and lead with transparency and curiosity. Join a team where you belong, where you are encouraged to be an entrepreneur, and where together, we continue to redefine the landscape of security.

Visit [Careers at Netskope](https://www.netskope.com/company/careers) to learn more. Follow us on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/netskope) and [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/netskope/).

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

Netskope Cloud Data Plane engineers architect and design one of the most scalable, high-performance cloud data planes in the world, processing 10+ Gbps of traffic, performing deep inspection using state-of-the-art techniques like AI/ML to detect activities and apply advanced policies like DLP, Threat and UEBA protection, all at line rate.

What’s in it for you

In this role you will be a key member of the [NG-SWG](https://www.netskope.com/products/next-gen-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:

[Gartner 2026 SSE Magic Quadrant](https://www.netskope.com/why-netskope/gartner-magic-quadrant-for-security-service-edge) [Gartner 2026 SASE Magic Quadrant](https://www.netskope.com/why-netskope/gartner-magic-quadrant-for-sase-platforms)

## What you will be doing

- 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
- Design, architect and develop high performance, scalable cloud-based security systems to detect and mitigate threats on LLM APIs and Generative AI applications
- Integrate with other features like DLP and Threat protection
- Build sophisticated key management algorithms

Required skills and experience

- 15+ years of overall experience, including 8+ 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.
- AI-Assisted Workflow Proficiency: Demonstrated experience using advanced LLM-based coding agents in real engineering work.
- Proven experience designing large-scale, secure and cloud-native systems
- 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.

Additional Skill and Knowledge

- 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
- Experience with threat detection, DLP, and security policy enforcement
- Familiarity with the request/response schemas of major LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini), streaming formats, agentic protocols such as MCP and A2A, and orchestration frameworks like LangChain or LlamaIndex.
- Knowledge of emerging GenAI and cloud service security challenges and best practices

Education

- BE Computer Science required or equivalent practical experience required; MS Computer Science strongly preferred

## #LI-AB1

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.

Netskope respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us, please refer to [Netskope's Privacy Policy](https://www.netskope.com/privacy-policy) for more details.

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.](https://www.netskope.com/company/careers/open-positions)

## About Netskope

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Netskope provides a cloud-native, AI-powered Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform that converges security and networking to enable fast and secure access to cloud, web, and AI applications.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Late-stage, well-funded with over $1.5B in total investments)
- **Headquarters**: Santa Clara, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2012
- **Founders**: Sanjay Beri (CEO), Lebin Cheng, Ravi Chandra, Krishna Narayanaswamy

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Cloud Security, Network Security, Cybersecurity (SASE, Zero Trust, Data Loss Prevention)
- **Target Customers**: Large enterprises (serves over 4,000 customers globally, including Fortune 100 companies), B2B.
- **Mission/Purpose**: To secure the cloud and AI era with a platform that provides a phenomenal user experience, enabling organizations to safely adopt cloud, SaaS, and AI innovation.

## Products & Services
Netskope operates a unified platform called **Netskope One**, which includes several key services:
- **[Netskope One SSE (Security Service Edge)]**: A core component that includes cloud-delivered security services like a Next-Gen Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA).
- **[Netskope One Private Access]**: Modern, high-performance zero-trust access to secure private applications, replacing legacy VPNs.
- **[Netskope One Data Security / DLP]**: A unified data loss prevention service that uses patented AI and ML to protect data wherever it lives and moves, across cloud, web, and private apps.
- **[Netskope One AI Security]**: A service designed to secure every AI interaction, providing high-performance access and protection across public, private, and agentic AI use cases.
- **[Netskope NewEdge Network]**: The largest private security cloud and network, acting as the backbone of the platform. It is located in more than 80 regions with nearly 4,000 network adjacencies to ensure high performance.
- **[Netskope One Client]**: The industry’s first unified SASE client, providing a single agent for remote user access, endpoint DLP, and SD-WAN.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed (Conflicting reports exist; the company is well-funded and valued in the billions based on its funding rounds, but an exact valuation is not publicly available).
- **Key Metric**: Total funding exceeds **$1.5 billion**.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by premier investors including **Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Accel, and Sequoia Capital**. [netskope.com](https://www.netskope.com/company)
- **Growth Signals**:
    - **4,000+ customers** worldwide, including **Fortune 100** companies.
    - **~3,000 employees** globally.
    - **250+ patents** (ranging from AI-powered data protection to private cloud networks). [netskope.com](https://www.netskope.com/company)
    - Recognized as a Leader in the **2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SASE Platforms** and **Security Service Edge**. [netskope.com](https://www.netskope.com/)
    - **30%+** of employees are dedicated to R&D and engineering. [netskope.com](https://www.netskope.com/company)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unified Platform (The Power of "One")**: Netskope offers a single platform (Netskope One) with one console, one client, and one private security cloud. This reduces complexity and cost compared to competitors with disjointed solutions.
- **NewEdge Network**: The largest private security cloud and network, providing optimized connectivity and processing for a best-in-class user experience.
- **AI-Native Security**: The platform uses patented AI and ML techniques to adapt security based on the context of every interaction, providing deep visibility and protection for modern threats like GenAI use.
- **Founding Team & Talent**: Built by early architects from security and networking leaders like AWS, Palo Alto Networks, and Cisco, fostering a deep well of expertise.

## Strategic Focus
- **SASE Market Leadership**: Continuing to lead and expand in the Secure Access Service Edge market, consolidating security and networking functions.
- **AI Security**: A major priority is securing the use of Generative AI and agentic AI, ensuring enterprises can adopt AI safely without risking data loss.
- **Simplifying Infrastructure**: Reducing cost and complexity for customers by offering a single, cloud-native platform that replaces multiple legacy appliances (VPN, firewalls, DLP).
- **Global Expansion**: Maintaining and expanding its global NewEdge network footprint to ensure high performance everywhere work happens.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Collaboration**: Described as a collaborative and transparent environment where "founders and leaders work shoulder-to-shoulder" and "the best ideas win." It is a **Certified Great Place to Work** with an 86% recommendation rate on Glassdoor. [glassdoor.com](https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Netskope-EI_IE717917.11,19.htm)
- **Innovation-First**: With over 30% of the workforce in R&D and 250+ patents, the company is heavily focused on building cutting-edge technology. The hiring philosophy is to "hire people who are better than you, then empower them." [netskope.com](https://www.netskope.com/company)
- **Diversity & Inclusion**: Has a strong focus on belonging, with a thriving women’s group called the **Awesome Women of Netskope (AWON)** and a commitment to equal employment opportunity. [netskope.com](https://www.netskope.com/company/careers)
- **Compensation & Perks**: Offers competitive compensation, benefits, and perks including running, hiking, and biking groups, and community volunteer days. [netskope.com](https://www.netskope.com/company/careers)
- **Work Policy**: Hybrid work is supported, reflecting the company's own product philosophy of enabling secure access from anywhere.
- **Global Presence**: Offices in Santa Clara (HQ), St. Louis, UK, France, Spain, Australia, Singapore, India, Japan, and Taiwan.

## Sources
1. [netskope.com](https://www.netskope.com/)
2. [netskope.com](https://www.netskope.com/company/careers)
3. [netskope.com](https://www.netskope.com/company)
4. [glassdoor.com](https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Netskope-EI_IE717917.11,19.htm)
5. [netskope.com](https://www.netskope.com/company/careers/open-positions)

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