Software Engineer Technical Leader - Tetragon

Cisco•San Jose, CA

About The Position

As a Technical Leader for Tetragon, you will be at the forefront of advancing Tetragon’s capabilities. You will guide architectural direction while staying deeply engaged in building the systems that power our platform. Your impact will include extending Tetragon’s capabilities to protect a variety of platforms, building infrastructure to deliver protective shields, and creating data pipelines to monitor and analyze data streams. You will collaborate closely with teams across Cisco, to integrate Tetragon into multiple platforms and adapt it to their needs and capabilities. In this role, you’ll solve some of the most complex system-level challenges in observability and infrastructure, helping Tetragon evolve to meet the needs of multiple devices.

Requirements

Bachelors + 8 years of related experience, or Masters + 6 years of related experience, or PhD + 3 years of related experience
8+ years of experience in systems programming (C, Go, or similar; Tetragon is primarily written in Go).
Experience leading technical direction or architecture for distributed systems, observability, runtime security, or data infrastructure.
Experience in system-level development
Experience in any of these areas: Linux systems, Kernel-level development BPF or eBPF programming for observability or security use cases

Nice To Haves

Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Knowledge of eBPF for observability or security use cases.
Experience in debugging and optimization with a track record of delivering scalable and secure systems.
Solid background in Linux systems and kernel-level concepts.
Familiarity with CVE workflows, vulnerability data pipelines, or security event modeling.
Exposure real-time streaming/aggregation systems and database performance optimization.
Experience with developing Linux applications for resource-constrained systems
Contributions to open-source projects in networking, observability, or distributed systems.
Experience in leading projects with multiple stakeholders
Experience working across diverse, distributed teams

Responsibilities

Design and implement Runtime Security features for Tetragon.
Develop high-quality Go (and eBPF) code for the Tetragon project.
Design and optimize systems for large-scale data collection, aggregation, and analysis.
Partner across teams to align requirements, define integration points, and deliver production-ready and secure solutions.
Contribute to open-source projects and represent Cisco Isovalent in community discussions.
Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, and documentation.

Benefits

medical, dental and vision insurance
a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
paid parental leave
short and long-term disability coverage
basic life insurance
Cisco restricted stock units
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year (non-exempt)
flexible vacation time off program (exempt)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward
Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
annual bonuses (for non-sales roles)
performance-based incentive pay (for sales roles)