Staff Engineer, macOS Client

The Netskope Client is the agent that sits on an employee's machine and steers their traffic through Netskope's security products: secure web gateway, CASB, zero trust network access, cloud firewall and endpoint DLP. This role builds the macOS side of it. That means multi threaded C++ against macOS internals, with the constraint that the agent has to be light enough that nobody notices it while still inspecting everything. The posting asks for deep understanding of macOS internals, TCP/IP networking protocols and cryptography techniques, which is a narrower skill set than most listings here. Netskope notes on this posting that the team hires across all levels and levels candidates individually after assessment, so the 10 year figure is a stated floor rather than an absolute gate.

What the posting requires: 10 or more years of work experience in endpoint, network or cloud security product development. Strong C++ programming. Expertise in data structures and algorithms. Deep understanding of TCP/IP networking protocols. Deep understanding of macOS internals and experience developing software on macOS. Knowledge of cryptography techniques. Experience writing multi platform code. Familiarity with web data formats such as JSON, XML and MIME. Knowledge of CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins. Strong written and verbal communication. A BS in computer science is required and an MS is strongly preferred.

The day to day: building macOS client security endpoint agent technology; writing multi threaded and multi platform C++; taking requirement specs through research, design and implementation with attention to reliability, sustainability, scalability and observability; writing and running unit tests for your modules; working with product management on requirements; and helping QA test the product properly.

Location and office reality: Bengaluru, Karnataka. Netskope's India engineering office.

Who this is for: a systems programmer with actual macOS internals depth. This is one of the narrower asks on today's board and general C++ experience without the platform specialism will not carry it. Netskope has a matching Windows client role on this same list at 12 or more years, so if your depth is on the other platform, apply to that one instead.