Staff Engineer, Platform R&D (Luke)

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.

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• Embrace our corporate culture by fostering collaboration without boundaries, encouraging teamwork and communication that is clear, open, and honest. 
• Support the development of implementations, service definitions, component interfaces and experimental prototypes to the operations and engineering teams for systems within a product or service family.
• Architect, design, build, and manage complex computing systems in order to fulfil operational strategies for Netskope’s services.
• Understand, and be able to communicate, the nonfunctional requirements for the system (security, reliability, scalability, maintainability, etc.).
• Become a subject matter expert on designated Netskope products, services, and their dependent infrastructure in order to support and improve the reliability, function, and scalability of these solutions.
• Act as the technical and agile lead for projects spanning one or more areas, teams, and technologies.
• Mentor others in their technology evaluations, technical designs, and technical implementations.

• 12+ years demonstrated expertise in designing, building and managing complex computing systems including 1-2 years experience as a Sr Staff Software Engineer or Lead Engineer.
• Comprehensive understanding of computer internal architecture and design to include working knowledge of specific details and design of some variants of the *NIX based operating systems.
• Demonstrated ability to develop production-grade distributed and scalable services in collaboration with stakeholders in a distributed workforce environment.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to act as subject matter expert, tracking technology/industry trends, and to provide data-driven reasoning for recommending technology paths.​
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in particular when interfacing with peers in engineering and QA.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor or direct others in their technology evaluations.
  
  

• Demonstrated ability to sanitize and automate a rapidly growing global system.
• Deep expertise with operational support systems, automation, and CI/CD tools.
• Knowledge of the Agile project management methodologies.
• Knowledge in a variety of programming languages including Rust, Go, C, C++ and Python.
• Experience with modern cloud and virtualization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, KVM, OpenNebula, OpenStack or any orchestration platforms).
• Established track record for providing valuable technical details to developers and engineers.
• Established track record for providing valuable feedback during planning and implementation of existing projects.

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or combination of comparable education and experience typically obtained by 5 or more years related work experience.​