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Job Summary:
Netskope is a leading cloud security company that redefines Cloud, Network, and Data Security. They are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Foundation Engineering team, responsible for the core infrastructure of the Netskope NewEdge platform, ensuring the delivery outcomes are resilient and scalable while adopting AI-first engineering practices.
Responsibilities:
• Manage, coach, and mentor a team of engineers. Drive career growth through regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and individualized development plans.
• Build and grow the team through hiring — define roles, run interviews, raise the bar on talent.
• Run agile ceremonies (standups, sprint planning, retrospectives) and maintain delivery cadence.
• Plan and manage work using agile methodologies. Track milestones, manage timelines, and ensure the team delivers on commitments.
• Collaborate closely with Product Management, Program Management, and peer engineering teams to align on priorities and execution plans.
• Establish and maintain engineering best practices: code review culture, test-driven development, and continuous improvement.
• Deliver regular progress reports and communicate status, risks, and decisions transparently to leadership.
• Drive the architecture and design of next-generation foundational cloud services, including config propagation, runtime state synchronization, and platform infrastructure.
• Ensure the scalability, reliability, and availability of the services your team owns across a global footprint of 100+ data centers.
• Evaluate and adopt open-source technologies that best fit our needs.
• Coordinate cross-team technical dependencies with other service teams, SRE, and support to ensure end-to-end system health.
• Maintain hands-on engineering credibility — review designs, unblock technical decisions, and set the quality bar for the team's output.
• Champion AI-assisted development across the team. Drive adoption of AI tools for code generation, code review, testing, and documentation.
• Set and track AI adoption metrics — measure how AI tools accelerate delivery velocity, reduce toil, and improve code quality.
• Foster a culture of experimentation where the team actively explores new AI capabilities and integrates them into daily engineering workflows.
• Use AI-first practices to reduce operational burden, improve on-call efficiency, and raise the team's overall engineering leverage.
Qualifications:
Required:
• A minimum of 15+ years of software development experience with 5+ years in an engineering management role leading teams of 8+ engineers.
• A proven track record of building high-performance engineering teams and defining effective processes that accelerate delivery with high quality.
• Demonstrable technical accomplishments and earned engineering credibility in distributed systems, microservices, and cloud infrastructure.
• Programming proficiency in Go (primary) and Python. Familiarity with C/C++ is a plus.
• Experience building or operating config management, data synchronization, or infrastructure services at scale is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools and a track record of driving AI adoption within engineering teams.
• Experience with agile/scrum methodologies and sprint management.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills — ability to work effectively with Product Management, Program Management, SRE, and peer engineering teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate transparently and consistently with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A strong customer focus and willingness to roll up your sleeves to respond to production needs promptly.
Preferred:
• Experience in cybersecurity or network security technologies.
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerized deployments at scale.
• Familiarity with observability practices, monitoring, and on-call operations.
• Track record of reducing operational toil through automation and AI-driven tooling.
• Experience working with remote teams across multiple countries and time zones.
Company:
Netskope is an IT firm that specializes in real-time security, stopping threats, protecting data, and network management services. Founded in 2012, the company is headquartered in Santa Clara, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.