# Principal Engineer, Secure AI Gateway at Netskope

- Company: Netskope
- What the company does: Secure and accelerate your cloud, data, and AI everywhere. Achieve unified visibility, advanced SASE & SSE protection, and optimized performance. Backed by Accel, Lightspeed and ICONIQ.
- Company website: http://www.netskope.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-02
- Apply by: 2026-10-17
- Apply: https://www.netskope.com/company/careers/open-positions/?gh_jid=8174989
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/netskope-principal-engineer-secure-ai-gateway/

## About the role

Netskope Cloud Data Plane engineers architect and design one of the most scalable, high-performance cloud API routing and orchestration platforms in the world, processing 10+ Gbps of traffic, performing intelligent routing and policy application across LLM providers and AI services using advanced techniques to detect threats and apply dynamic policies, all at line rate.

## What they're looking for

- 10 to 12+ years of experience in software engineering, with 5+ years in architectural or technical leadership role
- Deep expertise in backend engineering using Golang, or similar languages. Ability to review code in GoLang and similar languages, such as C and C++
- Proven experience designing large-scale, secure and cloud-native systems
- Expertise in dealing with complex architectural problems across multiple products and at the same time handling design issues at module level
- Strong understanding of computer architecture – multi-threading, CPU scheduling, memory management with practical knowledge of Linux at system/kernel level
- Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes, specifically debugging workloads, networking, and storage in on-prem or hybrid environments

Tags: Cloud Data Path