Netskope
About this role
Netskope is a cloud security company founded in 2012, and this is a green field backend seat on a net new function. You would build the configuration service that drives every Netskope client, and the telemetry pipeline that turns raw production signals into the performance, security and quality insights that decide what the team builds next. The posting describes the whole spine as yours: ingest, classify, aggregate, dashboard, running against usage from Netskope's large customer base. Languages are Go and Python, with Kubernetes and AWS for deployment and operation. The pitch is honest about why it is interesting: the function is new so you set the patterns rather than inherit them, and the customer footprint gives production signal volume that most teams never see. You would partner with the ML team that consumes the data, the endpoint team that emits it, and partner organisations on the dashboard front end.
Who this is for
What the posting requires:
- 10+ years of overall industry experience, with 6+ years in backend, services and distributed systems in Go and/or Python, covering services, APIs and data pipelines you have built and operated in production.
- Experience with telemetry, event or data pipelines and the storage and query systems behind them.
- Expertise with Kubernetes and AWS for deploying, scaling and operating production services.
- Understanding of REST, HTTPS and TLS, and designing and shipping secure APIs.
- Fluency with agentic coding systems and genuine curiosity about agent harnesses such as Claude Code, Pi and Codex. The posting notes it is a bonus if you have instrumented one.
- Expertise with data structures and algorithms, and strong communication skills.
- A BS in Computer Science or equivalent is required, and an MS or equivalent is preferred.
What the work actually looks like:
- Build the configuration backend service that manages and delivers configuration to clients.
- Build the telemetry pipeline: ingest usage events, run a multi category classifier, aggregate performance, security and quality patterns, and feed per user and executive dashboards.
- Design and ship reliable, observable, secure services and APIs in Go and Python.
- Partner with the ML team that consumes the data, the endpoint team that emits it, and partner organisations on the dashboard front end.
What the posting says is in it for you, in its own framing:
- You build the measurement engine, and the team's whole strategy of optimising where the data points runs on the pipeline you own.
- The backend function is net new, so you set the patterns rather than inherit them.
- Netskope's customer footprint gives production signal at a volume most teams never touch.
Levelling: the posting says this team hires across all levels and that candidates are individually assessed and levelled by skill and experience, which is why the title spans Staff and Senior Staff.
Location and working pattern: Bengaluru. Netskope describes open desk office layouts, so expect an in office team. The number of days is not stated.
Application timing: the posting states the application window is expected to close within a set period, so do not sit on it.
Honest fit guidance: the 6 years specifically in Go or Python backend and distributed systems is the substantive bar. Green field means less structure and more ambiguity than joining an established platform.
- 10+ years of overall industry experience, with 6+ years in backend, services and distributed systems in Go and/or Python, covering services, APIs and data pipelines you have built and operated in production.
- Experience with telemetry, event or data pipelines and the storage and query systems behind them.
- Expertise with Kubernetes and AWS for deploying, scaling and operating production services.
- Understanding of REST, HTTPS and TLS, and designing and shipping secure APIs.
- Fluency with agentic coding systems and genuine curiosity about agent harnesses such as Claude Code, Pi and Codex. The posting notes it is a bonus if you have instrumented one.
- Expertise with data structures and algorithms, and strong communication skills.
- A BS in Computer Science or equivalent is required, and an MS or equivalent is preferred.
What the work actually looks like:
- Build the configuration backend service that manages and delivers configuration to clients.
- Build the telemetry pipeline: ingest usage events, run a multi category classifier, aggregate performance, security and quality patterns, and feed per user and executive dashboards.
- Design and ship reliable, observable, secure services and APIs in Go and Python.
- Partner with the ML team that consumes the data, the endpoint team that emits it, and partner organisations on the dashboard front end.
What the posting says is in it for you, in its own framing:
- You build the measurement engine, and the team's whole strategy of optimising where the data points runs on the pipeline you own.
- The backend function is net new, so you set the patterns rather than inherit them.
- Netskope's customer footprint gives production signal at a volume most teams never touch.
Levelling: the posting says this team hires across all levels and that candidates are individually assessed and levelled by skill and experience, which is why the title spans Staff and Senior Staff.
Location and working pattern: Bengaluru. Netskope describes open desk office layouts, so expect an in office team. The number of days is not stated.
Application timing: the posting states the application window is expected to close within a set period, so do not sit on it.
Honest fit guidance: the 6 years specifically in Go or Python backend and distributed systems is the substantive bar. Green field means less structure and more ambiguity than joining an established platform.
Apply on company site
Opens www.netskope.com, the employer's own application page. Applying is always free.