Technical Leader, Performance

Cisco

Technical Leader advancing Tetragon’s capabilities in observability and security for Cisco Isovalent. Collaborating with teams to optimize Tetragon for modern runtime security landscape.

Posted 6/27/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇦 CanadaSenior💰 $159,000 - $230,300 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GoLinux

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop high-quality Go (and eBPF) code for the Tetragon project
Understand and analyze Tetragon’s performance and overheads
Design and implement novel ways to minimize Tetragon’s CPU overhead and memory footprint
Partner across teams to align requirements, define integration points, and deliver production-ready solutions
Contribute to open-source projects and represent Cisco Isovalent in community discussions
Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, and documentation

Requirements

What you’ll need

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 (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 cases
Experience in building scalable Go systems
Experience in performance analysis and optimization

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental and vision insurance
401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
Paid parental leave
Short and long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
Paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year for non-exempt employees
Flexible vacation time off program for exempt employees
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

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Hard Skills & Tools

GoeBPFCLinux systemsperformance analysisoptimizationsystems programmingscalable systemskernel-level development

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvinganalytical skills