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ExtraHop is reinventing Network Detection and Response (NDR) to help enterprises and organziations stay ahead of emerging threats with unmatched network visibility, context, and control.
Today’s attackers bypass traditional security defenses through identity-based entry, move invisibly across cloud, on-premise, and data center networks using encryption and trusted applications, and exploit and exit whenever they want. But all of that movement is visible on the network... if you can see it.
By combining the power of NDR with Network Performance Management (NPM), Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), and forensics in a single, integrated platform, ExtraHop can decrypt and unlock complete packet-level data at wire speed, analyze and correlate it across all your networks, applications, devices, and users with cloud-scale machine learning, and provide a single interface to the SOC to detect, investigate, and remediate modern cyber risks in real time.
Position Summary
We’re looking for a Sr. Software Engineer to develop features and components and help guide junior team members, working at the foundation level of our appliances and cloud offerings. Our team designs and develops new features and builds fundamental tools and structures to enable creation of world-class security applications on physical, virtual, and cloud appliances. We develop, support, and secure the operating system, kernel, drivers, installation/upgrade process, and administrative and connectivity features. We work closely with feature owners on other teams to design and implement core support components.
We offer an engaging and innovative environment in which people are encouraged and supported to collaborate on industry-leading technology and create a world-class engineering team, while they develop and enrich their individual growth. We believe in actively investing in a diverse engineering organization and are seeking highly talented software engineers from all backgrounds, who bring in their own perspectives, influences, and experiences. Are you as passionate as we are about positive culture and amazing technology? If so, we can’t wait to chat with you.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain a high standard for the team in code reviews.
- Design and own development of features, collaborating inside the team and across the architecture team, product management teams, and other stakeholders as necessary.
- Provide technical leadership to junior team members and leverage design and mentorship experience to help enable the team.
- Occasionally expand into other areas of engineering — we encourage and support full-stack flexibility.
- Collaborate with UX, PM, QA, and other engineering teams to define requirements, develop architecture, and implement new features.
- Participate in agile development methodologies.
- Demonstrate traits in line with our company values (have a sense of humor, be nice to each other, think about customers first, build cool stuff).
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years working experience designing and implementing backend infrastructure components.
- Fluent in back-end languages such as Python, Golang, Rust, or C/C++.
- Experience with basic CPU, network, or storage performance analysis and tuning on Linux.
- Familiarity with cryptography principles, applications, and protocols such as TLS.
- Experience with authentication/authorization technologies such as SAML, OAuth, OIDC, Kerberos, or LDAP/Active Directory.
- Proven aptitude for deeply understanding new network technologies, such as when adopting and debugging existing servers and client libraries to support new features.
- Familiarity with navigating typical Linux server environments, including common tools, package management, and services.
- Experience leading or mentoring other team members and maintaining strong software engineering practices.
- Strong communication skills.
- Work cooperatively with others within the organization and other cross-functional stakeholders.
- Work well in fast-paced, high-stress environments.
- Has predictable, reliable attendance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Extensive experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience with Docker containers, CI pipelines, and other build tools
- Experience with monitoring or analytics tools such as Prometheus/Grafana, QuickSight, or CloudWatch
- Working exposure to security certifications such as FIPS 140, FedRAMP, Common Criteria, SOC2, PCI DSS, or HIPAA
- Experience developing, maintaining, or extensively customizing a Linux/Unix-based OS for cloud, server, or embedded use cases
- Basic experience using and/or administering an RDBMS such as PostgreSQL or MySQL
The salary range for this role is $150,000 - $180,000 + bonus + benefits
ABOUT EXTRAHOP:
ExtraHop empowers enterprises to stay ahead of evolving threats with the most comprehensive approach to network detection and response (NDR). Since 2007, the company has helped organizations across the globe extract real-time insights from their hybrid networks with the most in-depth network telemetry.
ExtraHop NDR uniquely integrates network threat detection, network performance management (NPM), intrusion detection (IDS), and packet forensics into a single console with 100GB+ sensors, real-time decryption, and cloud-scale machine learning - delivering complete network visibility, unmatched context for data-driven security decisions, and improved SOC productivity.
ExtraHop is recognized by leading organizations for both its innovation in the market and its commitment to building a world-class team. We are the only NDR vendor recognized as a leader by all major analyst firms including the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Network Detection and Response™, the 2023 Forrester® Wave for Network Analysis and Visibility, the 2024 IDC® Marketscape for NDR, and the 2024 Gigamon® Radar Report for Network Detection and Response.
OTHER BENEFITS:
Employees' wellbeing is top of mind for the ExtraHop team. Employees and their families will have the option to participate in the following benefits:
- Health, Dental, and Vision Benefits
- Flexible PTO, Sick Time Prorated Based on Date of Hire, and All Federal Holidays (US Only) + 3 Days of Paid Volunteer Time
- Non-Commissioned Positions may be eligible to participate in the Annual Discretionary Bonus Plan
- FSA and Dependent Care Accounts + EAP, where applicable
- Educational Reimbursement
- 401k with Employer Match or Pension where applicable
- Pet Insurance (US Only)
- Parental Leave (US Only)
- Hybrid and Remote Work Model
Our people are our most important competitive advantage, leading the charge against cyber criminals. Join the fight today!
To learn more, visit www.extrahop.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
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