Sr.Staff Engineer,Secure Web Gateway.

Netskope is hiring a Sr.Staff Engineer,Secure Web Gateway.. Level rates it ; you can apply on Netskope.

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Level rates this role Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
Tools and skills the posting cites include OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini.
Level classifies it as a senior role.
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AI in this role

Architect and design scalable cloud data planes utilizing AI/ML techniques for deep traffic inspection and threat protection.

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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.

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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 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
Gartner 2026 SASE Magic Quadrant

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

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How we rate this

Sr.Staff Engineer,Secure Web Gateway. at Netskope rates 20 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
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Key facts

Sr.Staff Engineer,Secure Web Gateway. is an open job at Netskope.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in India.
The job was posted on September 3, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Netskope. Apply on Netskope

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