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.

The Netskope Data Security team is focused on providing unrivaled visibility and real-time data protection. Our products ensure that customer’s data is protected wherever it lives. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Data Security team, you will be working on a greenfield initiative that complements the existing data protection technologies. If you enjoy innovation, building brand-new software applications or shipping new products, this is the position for you.

What’s in it for you

As a Staff Software Engineer in the Data Security team, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and enhancing client software for Netskope Cloud Security solutions, and solving some of the most challenging cloud access & data security problems for enterprise customers.

What you will be doing

• Wear multiple hats, adapting to challenges as they arise, with the focus on the seamless, end-to-end functionality of the product.
• Work with a group of brilliant engineers to build service technologies that enable a holistic data security solution.
• Work with Product Management to understand requirement specs, research/find appropriate solutions, design/implement the feature with high quality ensuring reliability, sustainability, scalability, observability.
• Write high-throughput code using the latest software development techniques. 
• Work with QA to create and maintain robust test cases.

Required skills and experience

• Minimum 8 years of experience working with large-scale data systems.
• Attention to detail with a sensitivity to data quality and accuracy.
• Strong programming skills with Golang, C++, or Python.
• Experience designing and shipping APIs
• Expertise in data structures and algorithms.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or Drone.
• Strong ability to think out of the box to solve challenging and unforeseen problems, and implement solutions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills. Able to communicate in an open, transparent and consistent manner with team and co-workers.
• Knowledge of data modeling, schema design and query optimization in relational and non-relational databases is a big plus.
• Exposure to big data technologies such as Kafka or Spark is a plus.
• Experience with containers and Kubernetes deployment is a plus.

Education

• BS Computer Science required, MS Computer Science strongly preferred

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