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.
About the role
As a Senior Staff Machine Learning Scientist, you own the inference and optimization layer that makes AI in agentic workflows fast, efficient, and production-grade. You fine-tune and evaluate models, push latency and throughput on real hardware, and build the runtime that executes bounded AI tasks, validated against usage from Netskope’s large customer base so you optimize where the data points, not where you guess.
What they're looking for
- 10+ years of overall industry experience , with 4+ years hands-on in ML/AI (model development, fine-tuning, and inference optimization)
- Strong Python, comfort reaching into C++ for low-level interop is a plus
- Solid grasp of transformer internals and the levers that move real inference performance and cost: KV cache, attention, batching, memory footprint
- Fluency with agentic coding systems and genuine curiosity about agent harnesses like Claude Code, Pi, and Codex , so you should already be building with them, or itching to
- Clear communication: able to distill a model or infra bottleneck into an actionable concept for cross-functional teammates
More about this role
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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