Software Engineer Technical Leader - Tetragon

Meet the Team 

Isovalent, now part of Cisco, is the company founded by the creators of Cilium and eBPF. Cisco Isovalent builds open-source software and enterprise solutions solving networking, security, and observability needs for modern platforms. The flagship technologies, Cilium and Tetragon, are the choice of numerous, industry-leading, global organizations. 

We believe in fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where every team member feels valued, respected, and empowered. We believe that every employee contributes to our success, and we are committed to fostering an environment where everyone can thrive. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and join us in our mission to deliver exceptional products and services. 

Your Impact 

Tetragon is a flexible, observability and runtime security tool that delivers real-time insights and enforcement. Leveraging the power of eBPF, Tetragon provides low-overhead, in-kernel visibility and intelligence across diverse environments.  

As a Technical Leader, 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. 

What you’ll do: 

• 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. 

Minimum Qualifications 

• 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 (