Position Details

Type Full-Time

Experience executive

Exp. Years 15+ years

Education BSCS or equivalent required; MS in CS or Engineering equivalent strongly preferred

Category Software Engineering

About this role

Director of Engineering leading Netskope's Secure Web Gateway engineering, responsible for building and delivering cloud-based dataplane security services across 100+ data centers, with globally distributed teams and AI-assisted development.

Key Responsibilities

Managing, coaching, mentoring and career growth of team; Collaborating with product managers and architects; Maintaining product resiliency and sustainability; Leading AI-assisted software development; Providing technical leadership

Technical Overview

Scope includes high-throughput, low-latency dataplane systems, networking from Layer 3 to Layer 7, web proxies, DLP/UEBA policies, REST API design, API-driven cloud service frameworks, service mesh, and AI-assisted software development with TDD/testing practices.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a director-level engineering leader with 15+ years of software engineering experience, 8+ years in management, and a proven track record delivering scalable cloud security dataplane systems with distributed teams. They should excel at leading AI-assisted development, REST API design, and service mesh strategies.

Must-Have Skills

15+ years of relevant work experience8+ years in a managerial roleexperience as a technical leader for managers of managersexperience managing globally distributed teams in different time zonesREST API design and development experienceTDD knowledgeBSCS or equivalent required

Nice-to-Have Skills

MS in CS or Engineering equivalent strongly preferredProponent of TDDunit testing frameworks experience

Required Skills

Rest API design; Rest API; TDD; unit testing frameworks; service mesh architectures; cloud service frameworks; DLP; UEBA; AI assisted software development; Layer 3 to Layer 7 networking; web proxy; observability; high throughput dataplane; low latency dataplane

Hard Skills

REST API designREST APITDDunit testing frameworksAI assisted software developmentservice mesh architecturescloud service frameworksDLPUEBALayer 3 to Layer 7 networkingweb proxyobservability/monitoringhigh throughput dataplanelow latency dataplanecloud data planeAI/MLsecurity product development

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcommunicationstakeholder managementcustomer focusproblem solvingcollaborationinfluenceability to work in fast-paced environmentteam building

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS

Job Function Lead the engineering organization to design and deliver scalable cloud security dataplane services for Secure Web Gateway

Role Subtype Executive & General Management

Tech Domains Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, Networking / TCP-IP, Cybersecurity, SQL / PostgreSQL

Keywords for Your Resume

director of engineeringsecure web gatewaynetskopecloud data planedata centersai assisted software developmentdlpuebarest api designrest apitddunit testing frameworksservice mesh architecturescloud service frameworkshigh throughput dataplanelow latency dataplanelayer 3 to layer 7 networkingweb proxyobservability100+ data centersglobal data centersengineering leadershipgartner sse magic quadrantsecurity product developmentglobal distributed teams

Deal Breakers

No 15+ years experience, No 8+ years in management, Lack of distributed teams experience, No REST API / TDD experience

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