Director of Engineering, Secure Service Mesh

PLEASE APPLY THIS JOB FROM: https://grnh.se/9fb55eb81us <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. Netskope Secure Service Mesh engineers architect and design one of the most scalable, high-performance cloud data planes in the world, processing 10+ Gbps of traffic, performing deep inspection using state-of-the-art techniques like AI/ML to detect activities and apply advanced policies like DLP, Threat and UEBA protection, all at line rate. <What’s in it for you> In this role you will be a key member of the Secure Service Mesh team to design and develop security services to protect generative AI/ML applications and services. Netskope has been recognized by Gartner as market leaders in their Magic Quadrant reports <What you will be doing> - Set and drive the overall strategic directions for the Secure Service Mesh and building new services to lead the industry - Lead and inspire a world-class engineering organization, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement - Balance urgency vs. the incredibly high quality bar expected by both our customers and the broader Netskope organization, through clear and repeatable engineering processes - Work with Product Management to understand customer requirement specs and designing and implementing high-quality features that ensure reliability, sustainability, scalability and observability of the product line - Set technical direction, make critical architectural decisions, and ensure the successful delivery of scalable, reliable, and high-performance software solutions <Required skills and experience> - 15+ years of overall experience, including 6+ years of managing high performance teams - Ability to balance business delivery with engineering quality, strong business acumen, and a keen eye for data-driven decision making, and a knack for managing both immediate needs and long-term investments. - Proven experience in leading teams to build strong technical craft mastery and engineering discipline in dealing with complex architectural problems in high-performance Service Mesh - Deep organization capabilities, especially in regards to influence, collaboration and communication with ability to negotiate skillfully in tough situations - Experience building a high performing culture a must - Confidence under pressure, a mature EQ, and the ability to show a high degree of self control while maintaining a positive attitude despite adversity. - Willingness to work with a globally distributed team in different time zones. - The ability to represent the company in appropriate external forums and industry events promoting thought technical leadership. <Additional Skill and Knowledge> - Startup and growth experience leading fast growing engineering teams with a set of sub teams and managers - Experience with industry, open source technologies such as gRPC, Envoy Proxy, Kong, Kubernetes - Proponent of TDD a big plus, relentlessly drive culture of automation <Education> - BSCS or equivalent required, MSCS/MBA or equivalent strongly preferred