Staff Engineer, MAC OS/Client
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 26, 2026. First seen by Alion on Jul 29, 2026. Netskope scores B on the Alion truth index.
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 client team creates and enhances the client software that runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, or other operating systems. Easy to use, light-weight, and deployed to perform at a high throughput, Netskope Client steers user traffic through Netskope’s enterprise security products (Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Cloud Firewall (CFW), Endpoint DLP) enabling holistic data protection and facilitating SASE deployments. Netskope Client’s centralized configuration, deployment, support, and troubleshooting delivers comprehensive security and control across the borderless modern threat landscape.
What’s in it for you
As a Staff Engineer in the Client team, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and enhancing client software for Netskope Cloud Security solutions, and solving some of the most challenging cloud access & data security problems for enterprise customers.
What you will be doing
- Working with a group of brilliant engineers to build MAC OS client security endpoint agent technologies that enable a holistic data security solution.
- Writing multi-threaded/multi-platform code in C++ using the latest software development techniques.
- Understanding requirement specs, researching/finding appropriate solutions, designing/implementing the feature with high quality ensuring reliability, sustainability, scalability, and observability.
- Working with Product Management to understand requirements.
- Writing and executing dev unit test routines for your modules.
- Working with QA to help them better test our product.
Required skills and experience
- 10+ years of work experience in the areas of endpoint, network or cloud security solutions product development.
- Strong programming skills with C++
- Expertise in data structures and algorithms.
- Deep Understanding of TCP/IP Networking Protocols
- Deep understanding of macOS internals
- Experience developing software on macOS
- Knowledge of cryptography techniques
- Experience with writing multi-platform code
- Familiarity with web data formats like JSON, XML, MIME, etc.
- Knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills. Able to communicate in an open, transparent and consistent manner with team and co-workers.
Education
- BS Computer Science required, MS Computer Science strongly preferred
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