Netskope

The product and the people are why I joined. As a Staff SDET, the technical challenges are phenomenal—we’re defining the SSE market and tackling huge problems in network security and distributed systems daily. My QE and engineering teammates are seriously smart, low-ego, and highly collaborative, which made onboarding seamless. The compensation, particularly the equity, is competitive and reflects the company’s strong market leadership.

The high-growth environment is a pressure cooker, and the pace is often brutal. Feature velocity constantly overrides long-term stability, meaning we frequently jump into reactive fire-fighting and customer triage to fix core component reliability issues right out of the gate.

This technical struggle is exacerbated by fragmented and clunky internal administrative tools and QE infrastructure. Managing this technical debt and continuous delivery requires consistently long hours, making work-life balance a struggle.

You have a world-class product and amazing people. Now, please prioritize stability and tooling maturity for a few quarters.

Dedicate clear, non-negotiable engineering capacity to pay down technical debt and improve core QE infrastructure post-release. This is crucial for reducing reactive work, preventing QE burnout, and ensuring long-term product reputation.