Staff Engineer - Privacy Engineering

About Netskope

Today, there's more data and users outside the enterprise than inside, causing the network perimeter as we know it to dissolve. We realized a new perimeter was needed, one that is built in the cloud and follows and protects data wherever it goes, so we started Netskope to redefine Cloud, Network and Data Security.

Since 2012, we have built the market-leading cloud security company and an award-winning culture powered by hundreds of employees spread across offices in Santa Clara, St. Louis, Bangalore, London, Paris, Melbourne, Taipei, and Tokyo. Our core values are openness, honesty, and transparency, and we purposely developed our open desk layouts and large meeting spaces to support and promote partnerships, collaboration, and teamwork. From catered lunches and office celebrations to employee recognition events and social professional groups such as the Awesome Women of Netskope (AWON), we strive to keep work fun, supportive and interactive. Visit us at Netskope Careers. Please follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter@Netskope.

Role Overview: Staff Engineer - Privacy Engineering

Netskope is seeking a high-caliber Staff Engineer - Privacy Engineering to bridge the gap between legal compliance, data protection technology, and core product engineering. This is a dual-impact role: you will be responsible for the technical "Privacy by Design" controls for the Netskope platform while serving as a strategic deputy to the Global Privacy & Data Protection Officer (DPO).

As the Strategic Deputy to the Global Privacy & Data Protection Officer (DPO), you move beyond task completion to achieve high-level organizational influence.

• Global Compliance Strategy: Support the execution of a multi-jurisdictional privacy program that anticipates the rapid evolution of global data protection laws.
• Board & Audit Influence: Translate complex technical privacy risks into compelling, quantifiable narratives for the Audit Committee and Board of Directors.
• Risk Governance: Oversee the operational maturity of our privacy program within LogicGate, ensuring a closed-loop system of accountability, audit readiness, and incident response.
• DPIA & Rights Leadership: Act as the technical authority for high-risk Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) and ensure our Data Subject Rights (DSAR) engine operates at optimal efficiency.

You will be the lead privacy architect ensuring that Netskope’s innovation is inherently respectful of data.

• Component Design Review: Lead the privacy-first technical review of every new component within the Netskope platform, engaging with engineering at the "whiteboard phase" to eliminate risks before they reach production.
• PET Implementation: Direct the integration of Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) such as differential privacy, homomorphic encryption, and k-anonymity into the Netskope product suite.
• AI Governance Leadership: Hold a seat on the AI Governance Committee whilst supporting the AI Ambassador program to ensure that AI innovations are built on a foundation of responsible data use.
• Technical Data Defense: Enhance DLP, DSPM, and AI/ML-driven security within our AWS and corporate environments to set the "Gold Standard" for internal data protection.

Key Responsibilities

Product Privacy Engineering & PETs

• Architectural Oversight: Review all new component designs within the Netskope platform to ensure structural compliance with "Privacy by Design" principles.
• PET Integration: Lead the design and implementation of Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) such as differential privacy, homomorphic encryption, or k-anonymity within Netskope product features.
• Early Engagement: Act as a dedicated privacy consultant to product engineering teams during the ideation phase to identify and mitigate privacy risks before code is written.

Deputy Data Protection Officer (DPO) Functions

• Regulatory Support: Support the DPO in managing multi-jurisdictional compliance as the number of global privacy laws continues to rise.
• DPIA Leadership: Conduct and oversee Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) for high-risk processing activities, ensuring they meet the standard of global regulations.
• Privacy Leadership: Engagement with Netskope customers and partners on privacy and data protection concerns. Provide executive leadership to CISO, Legal and Privacy teams for some of the largest and most prestigious organizations in the world.

Technical Data Protection & AI Governance

• Advanced Controls: Utilize DLP (Data Loss Prevention) and DSPM (Data Security Posture Management) to secure the corporate data lifecycle.
• AI/ML Security: Implement data protection strategies specifically for AI/ML workloads, managing risks associated with training data and model inference.
• AI Advocacy: Serve on the AI Governance Committee and support the AI Ambassador program, fostering a culture of responsible AI use across the organization.

Platform Management

• LogicGate Administration: Manage and optimize the privacy module within LogicGate to track risks, audits, and compliance tasks.
• Netskope Corp Tenant: Take administrative responsibility of the Netskope corporate tenant’s privacy controls, ensuring our own use of the platform is a "Gold Standard" for customers.

Technical Requirements

• AWS Cloud Expertise: Cloud-Native Data Protection, Infrastructure Security, DSPM Integration.
• Software Engineering Fundamentals.
• API, Data Architecture Knowledge, AI/ML.

Leadership Competencies & Soft Skills

• Strategic Influence: Ability to translate complex technical privacy risks into business-level impacts for the Audit Committee and Executive Leadership.
• Collaborative Engineering: Proven track record of building "security-first and privacy-first" cultures within engineering teams without slowing down the development lifecycle.
• Ethical Leadership: Strong judgment and integrity, particularly when serving on the AI Governance Committee to balance innovation with ethical data use.
• Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication skills to manage relationships with third-party vendors, legal counsel, and regulators.

Candidate Profile & Qualifications

• Experience: 5+ years in senior technical roles, preferably with a background in security engineering, privacy engineering, or data governance.

Key skills/competency

• Privacy Engineering
• Data Protection
• AWS Cloud Security
• Compliance Strategy
• Privacy by Design
• PET Integration
• AI Governance
• DPIA Leadership
• Risk Management
• Software Architecture