Senior Software Engineer - Linux

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• Design and build core components of our zero-instrumentation APM product using eBPF and Go
• Develop systems to auto-discover services, classify L7 protocols, and extract RED metrics from both plaintext and TLS traffic
• Solve complex challenges around protocol parsing, encryption handling, and performance at the kernel level
• Ensure broad compatibility across Linux kernel versions, distributions, and diverse customer environments
• Collaborate across teams to drive technical direction, improve reliability, and scale the system for production use
• You have significant experience in backend or systems-level development, with strong proficiency in Go or similar languages (C/C++)
• You’re comfortable working close to the Linux kernel and have experience (or interest) in eBPF, networking, or observability tooling
• You care deeply about performance and efficiency
• You’ve built or operated scalable systems in complex environments and understand how to design for reliability and compatibility
• You thrive in a fast-paced, technically deep environment, and are excited to solve hard problems with a small, focused team
• You’re excited about leveraging AI tools to enhance how you code, solve problems, and build – or eager to learn how
• You have demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows and validate, critique, and refine AI-generated output
• You’re motivated to push the boundaries of how AI can improve software engineering best practices and contribute to building AI-enabled products
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Company employee resource groups)
• Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
• Competitive global benefits
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