Technical Leader, Performance Engineering

Job Description: Develop high-quality Go (and eBPF) code for the Tetragon projectUnderstand and analyze Tetragon's performance and overheadsDesign and implement novel ways to minimize Tetragon's CPU overhead and memory footprintPartner across teams to align requirements, define integration points, and deliver production-ready solutionsContribute to open-source projects and represent Cisco Isovalent in community discussionsParticipate in architecture reviews, code reviews, and documentationRequirements: Bachelors + 8 years of related experience, or Masters + 6 years of related experience, or PhD + 3 years of related experience8 + years of experience in systems programming (C, Go, or similar; Tetragon is primarily written in Go)Experience in Linux systems, Kernel-level development or eBPF programming for observability or security use casesExperience in building scalable Go systemsExperience in performance analysis and optimizationExperience in analyzing and improving the performance and memory consumption of eBPF and Go programs (preferred)Experience in debugging and optimization with a track record of delivering scalable systems (preferred)Knowledge of eBPF for observability or security use cases (preferred)Solid background in Linux systems and kernel-level concepts (preferred)Familiarity with Kubernetes and cloud-native environments (preferred)Exposure to real-time streaming/aggregation systems and database performance optimization (preferred)Contributions to open-source projects in networking, observability, or distributed systems (preferred)Experience working across diverse, distributed teams (preferred)Benefits: medical, dental and vision insurance401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contributionpaid parental leaveshort and long-term disability coveragebasic life insurance10 paid holidays per full calendar year1 paid day off for employee's birthdaypaid year-end holiday shutdown4 paid days off for personal wellness16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year for non-exempt employeesflexible vacation time for exempt employees80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter