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Sr. Staff Engineer, Cloud Firewall

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Santa Clara, CA Posted Oct 28, 2026
On-siteUSD 124,000 - 220,000 / year

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Netskope

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Netskope is redefining cloud, network, and data security

  • B2B
  • Scale Stage

Rapidly increasing operations

  • Top Investors

This company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors

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  • B2B

  • Scale Stage

Rapidly increasing operations

Top Investors

This company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors

  • +4

Sr. Staff Engineer, Cloud Firewall

  • $124k – $220k
  • | Santa Clara
  • |Full Time

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Job Location

Santa Clara

Visa Sponsorship Not Available

RelocationNot Allowed

About the job

About the role

Netskope Cloud Firewall provides Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) for egress network traffic within SASE architectures. By connecting users and branch offices to NewEdge, one of the world's largest and most performant private security clouds, Cloud Firewall secures connections in transit while delivering enhanced security and lower operational overhead compared to legacy hardware.

What's in it for you

You will be a member of a team using state of the art tools and technologies to design, develop and deliver a performant, scalable system that processes network packets at cloud-scale. In addition to design and development of the core system, you will participate in the development of all related automated test infrastructure and CI/CD integration. Your contributions to this effort will be used by thousands of enterprise customers globally.

What you will be doing

  • Designing, developing, and supporting high-performance, scalable cloud systems and services.
  • Working with other service development teams, product management, and support to keep your services, and the ones they depend on, scalable, supportable, and available.
  • Resolving customer issues quickly to improve response times and customer satisfaction.
  • Evaluating open source technologies, picking the best fit, and contributing ideas back to the open source community.
  • Help build automated test infrastructure and CI/CD integration for the core system.

Required skills and experience

  • 8+ years of relevant industry experience.
  • Experience with data packet and flow-based forwarding, firewalls, and tunneling protocols.
  • Experience with one or more of VPP, OFP, or Quagga.
  • Experience building cloud products (IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS).
  • Knowledge of network and application firewall technologies such as NAT, IPsec, and IPS.
  • Knowledge of CI/CD, including Jenkins or Spinnaker.
  • Strong C and Linux programming skills, including data structures, auto-scaling, and performance.
  • Experience programming in Python.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Required skills and experience

  • 10+ years of relevant industry experience
  • Experience with Data packet/flow based forwarding, Firewalls and tunneling protocols
  • Experience with one or more of VPP, OFP, Quagga. OVS experience is a plus.
  • Experience building cloud products – IAAS, PAAS, SaaS
  • Knowledge of Network and Application firewalls like NAT, IPsec, IPS
  • Knowledge of virtualization, NFVs, VM’s, Containers, Kubernetes is a plus
  • Knowledge of CI/CD, Jenkins or Spinnaker
  • Good C / C++ and Linux programming skills including data structure, auto-scaling and performance
  • Experience programming with Python
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Education

  • BSCS or equivalent required, MSCS or equivalent strongly preferred

About the company

Netskope

Actively Hiring More jobs Netskope is redefining cloud, network, and data security 1001-5000 Employees

San Francisco

1001-5000

Startup

SaaS

Enterprise Security

Enterprise Software

Enterprise Security

Data Security

Software

Mobile Security

Cyber Security

Cloud Security

B2B · SaaS · Mobile · Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning

  • B2B
  • Scale Stage

Rapidly increasing operations

Top Investors

This company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors

Valuation $1B+ This company has a valuation of $1B or more

4.2 Highly rated Netskope is highly rated on Glassdoor, with 4.2 out of 5 stars

4.1 Work / Life Balance Employees rate Netskope 4.1/5 on Glassdoor for work / life balance

4.1 Strong Leadership Employees rate Netskope 4.1/5 on Glassdoor for faith in leadership Learn more about Netskope

Funding AMOUNT RAISED $1.2B FUNDED OVER 10 rounds Rounds Co $401000000 Series Convertible Note - Jan 2023+9 View Netskope's funding history

Perks Insurance, Health & Wellness Medical (UHC-HDHP, PPO, & EPO; CA Kaiser- HMO & HDHP) Dental Vision Equitable Life & AD&D Insurance Short & Long Term Disability Company HSA Contributions Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan 401(k)/ROTH offering through Newport Group ($20,500 Annual Max Contribution / $6,500 Annual Max Catch-Up). Eligible to start deferring after the 1st paycheck.

Voluntary Life Insurance Employees have the option to enroll in supplemental life insurance up to a max of $250,000. Netskope is pleased to provide spouse and dependent life insurance offerings upon an employee’s insurance election.

Paid Parental Leave 12 weeks Birth Parent Paid Parental Leave 8 weeks Non-Birth Parent Parental Leave

Commuter Benefits Employees can contribute up to $280/month to a pre-tax account for mass transit and/or parking.

Additional Netskope Perks ● 13+ Company Observed Holidays ● Quarterly Global Wellness Days ● Unlimited Paid Time Off ● Discount program for popular brands, 30,000 national/local offers, and devices ● Meditation Hours ● Family Planning Assistance ● Travel Assistance

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Founders

Krishna Narayanaswamy Founder

Sanjay Beri Founder

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