Staff Engineer, CASB API
- Level
- Staff
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 3 October 2026.
About the role
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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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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 API Protection Team (formerly Kloudless, Inc.) is responsible for accelerating support for SaaS apps across Netskope’s CASB offering. We focus on key abstractions across the integration pipeline: Auth{n,z}, REST APIs, webhooks, and more. We use popular programming languages and cloud technologies in our stack: Go, Python, TypeScript, Angular, React, Kubernetes, Docker, Redis, ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, and more!
What's in it for you
- As a member of the API Protection Team you will work cross-functionally to build state-of-the-art cloud platforms to support our growing portfolio of API Protection solutions.
What you will be doing
- Architecting and implementing critical software infrastructure for distributed large-scale multi-cloud environments
- Reviewing architectures and designs across the organization to help guide other engineers to build scalable cloud services
- Providing technical leadership and strategic direction for large-scale distributed cloud-native solutions
- Being a catalyst for improving engineering processes and ownership
- Researching, incubating, and driving new technologies to ensure we are leveraging the latest innovations
- Please note, this team is hiring across Software Engineer, Sr. Software Engineer and Staff Software Engineer levels and all candidates are individually assessed and appropriately leveled based upon their skills and experience.
Required skills and experience
- 8+ years of experience including 2+ years of experience building cloud environments
- Excellent Unix/Linux experience and programming experience with Go, C/C++, Java and scripting: Python, Ruby, Shell
- Understanding of IPC mechanisms and previous experience working with: TCP/IP, Kafka, ZMQ, gRPC, ZooKeeper.
- Strong background in cloud environments: containers, Docker, Kubernetes, etcd, ZooKeeper, service meshes, Vault, Istio and Envoy, API gateways, load balancers.
- Experience with databases, general understanding of ACID, consistency, SQL/NoSQL, key-value stores, time series and columnar databases.
- Experience in CI/CD, using tools like Drone, Github, Makefiles, etc.
- Experience with in-memory databases like Redis
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Bonus points for experience with Node.js & Express to build REST APIs services
Education
- BSCS or equivalent required, MSCS or equivalent strongly preferred
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What this role asks for
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Python
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Zero Trust
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The team: Cloud Platform
This role is one of 3 open in Cloud Platform.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Zero Trust (3 of 3), C++ (2 of 3), gRPC (2 of 3), Kubernetes (2 of 3)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Engineering Director, Foundation Services posted Jul 31
- Sr. Staff Engineer, Enterprise Browser posted May 19
From the team and dates on Netskope's own job board.
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