Tetragon Software Engineering Technical Leader

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What you’ll do:

  • Develop high-quality Go (andeBPF) code for the Tetragon project.
  • Design and implement new Tetragon features toenhanceits capabilities for Runtime security detection and enforcement
  • Design andoptimizesystems for large-scaleTetragondeployment and operation in K8s or VM platforms
  • Architect infrastructure that converts raw event data into intelligence streams with minimal performance overhead.
  • Contribute to open-source projects and represent CiscoIsovalentin 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
  • 10+ years of experience in systems programming (Go,C,or similar; Tetragon is primarily written in Go).
  • Experience inbuilding system software in Go(or similar)and/oreBPF
  • Experiencein system-level development,Linux kernel development,distributed systems, orrun-time security systems

Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge of eBPFfor observability or security use cases.
  • Experience in debugging and optimization witha track recordof delivering scalable systems.
  • Solid background in Linux systems and kernel-level concepts.
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes and cloud-native environments.
  • Experience integrating with observability platforms (e.g., Splunk) or SaaS security/analytics systems.
  • Familiarity with CVE workflows, vulnerability data pipelines, or security event modeling.
  • Exposure to real-time streaming/aggregation systems and database performance optimization.
  • Contributions to open-source projects in networking, observability, or distributed systems.
  • Experience working across diverse, distributed teams

Cisco is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status or other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider on a case by case basis qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Location: London
Job Description:

What you’ll do:

  • Develop high-quality Go (andeBPF) code for the Tetragon project.
  • Design and implement new Tetragon features toenhanceits capabilities for Runtime security detection and enforcement
  • Design andoptimizesystems for large-scaleTetragondeployment and operation in K8s or VM platforms
  • Architect infrastructure that converts raw event data into intelligence streams with minimal performance overhead.
  • Contribute to open-source projects and represent CiscoIsovalentin 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
  • 10+ years of experience in systems programming (Go,C,or similar; Tetragon is primarily written in Go).
  • Experience inbuilding system software in Go(or similar)and/oreBPF
  • Experiencein system-level development,Linux kernel development,distributed systems, orrun-time security systems

Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge of eBPFfor observability or security use cases.
  • Experience in debugging and optimization witha track recordof delivering scalable systems.
  • Solid background in Linux systems and kernel-level concepts.
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes and cloud-native environments.
  • Experience integrating with observability platforms (e.g., Splunk) or SaaS security/analytics systems.
  • Familiarity with CVE workflows, vulnerability data pipelines, or security event modeling.
  • Exposure to real-time streaming/aggregation systems and database performance optimization.
  • Contributions to open-source projects in networking, observability, or distributed systems.
  • Experience working across diverse, distributed teams

Cisco is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status or other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider on a case by case basis qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Posted: May 10th, 2026