Island is the ideal environment for enterprise work, where security is everywhere without ever getting in the way.
The Island Enterprise Platform unifies AI enablement, network access, data protection, identity, and endpoint control into one coherent workspace—so organizations get universal visibility and control, and users get a fast, fluid, beautifully simple experience. It's not just a better way to secure work. It's a better way to work. Backed by investors like Coatue Management, Insight Partners, Sequoia Capital and Cyberstarts, and trusted by some of the largest, most respected enterprises on the planet, Island is redefining what the modern workplace can be.
Come join us in building something that's already changing how the world works, we’re always looking for world-class human beings (not resumes) to join the movement.
As a Network QA engineer, you'll own the quality of Island's Enterprise Network products: ZTNA, SWG, SASE, and VPN. You'll build the test frameworks that verify how traffic is routed, inspected, secured, and delivered across real enterprise environments, then use them to catch problems before customers ever see them. You'll also become a deep source of product and protocol knowledge, working shoulder to shoulder with our R&D team.
As part of this role, you will:
- Design, build, and maintain automated test suites for our network stack, covering ZTNA policy enforcement, SWG traffic inspection, SASE routing, and VPN tunneling, at both the end-to-end and component level.
- Grow our network test automation infrastructure, adding coverage for new features and hardening existing suites as the product evolves.
- Build and manage test environments that reproduce real customer topologies, including varied network conditions, identity providers, operating systems, and browsers.
- Validate performance, reliability, and security behavior under load, latency, and failure scenarios that mirror how enterprises actually run.
- Plan and execute manual testing for new releases where automation doesn't yet reach, and convert repeatable manual cases into automated ones.
- 5+ years in QA, with hands-on experience building test automation, not just running manual cycles.
- Strong understanding of network protocols and how traffic moves: TCP/IP, TLS, DNS, HTTP/S, proxies, and tunneling.
- Experience testing Client/Server and web-based applications across different browsers and operating systems.
- Comfort with automation frameworks and scripting (for example Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar), plus CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with web application debugging tools and packet-level analysis (for example browser dev tools, Wireshark, or mitmproxy).
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience testing security or networking products: ZTNA, SWG, SASE, VPN, CASB, or firewalls.
- Experience with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerized test infrastructure.
- A degree in computer science or a related field.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of QA experience with hands-on test automation development
- Strong understanding of TCP/IP, TLS, DNS, HTTP/S, proxies, and tunneling
- Experience testing client/server and web-based applications across browsers and operating systems
- Experience with automation frameworks and scripting, such as Python or JavaScript/TypeScript
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with web application debugging tools and packet-level analysis, such as browser developer tools, Wireshark, or mitmproxy
- Hands-on experience testing security or networking products such as ZTNA, SWG, SASE, VPN, CASB, or firewalls
- Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud environments
- Experience with containerized test infrastructure
- Degree in computer science or a related field
Island Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Island and has not been reviewed or approved by Island.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is described as potentially competitive for certain roles, with high on-target earnings figures and market-level total compensation snapshots mentioned for both sales and some non-sales functions.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is positioned as a meaningful component in some offers, and an employee secondary event is described as providing liquidity for staff, which can materially increase total rewards for eligible employees.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Core benefits and on-site perks are described in at least one job-posting style snippet, including medical/dental/vision coverage, disability coverage, paid time off, company holidays, daily lunches, and gym/wellness access for HQ-based employees.
Island Insights
What We Do
What if the enterprise had complete control over the browser? What would it mean for security, for productivity, for work itself? Introducing Island, the Enterprise Browser - the ideal enterprise workplace, where work flows freely while remaining fundamentally secure. With the core needs of the enterprise naturally embedded in the browser itself, Island gives organizations complete control, visibility, and governance over the last mile, while delivering the same smooth Chromium-based browser experience users expect. Led by experienced leaders in enterprise security and browser technology and backed by leading venture funds -- Insight Partners, Sequoia Capital, Cyberstarts and Stripes Capital -- Island is redefining the future of work for some of the largest, most respected enterprises in the world. Welcome to work as it should be.
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