Posted 8 days ago
Senior Software Engineer - Networking
@ Tigera
Vancouver, British Columbia
Overview
Tigera is hiring a Senior Software Engineer - Networking to build Kubernetes networking and network security features in Go for Calico Enterprise and Calico OSS. The role involves design through release, customer-facing problem solving, and using AI tools to speed up engineering work. The posting requires 5+ years of product software engineering experience and strong Linux and Kubernetes networking knowledge.
Responsibilities:
- Design and build Kubernetes networking and network security features in Go
- Work with customers and the Calico open source community on networking problems
- Own features from design through coding, testing and release
- Use AI tools and automation to speed up engineering work
Requirements summary:
- 5+ years of product-oriented software engineering experience
- Strong networking experience on Linux and in Kubernetes
- Hands-on Golang experience (or C, C++, Java)
- Experience with L2/L3 networking and network security
- BS in CS or equivalent experience
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-29
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-29
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-04
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Work setting | Office, Home |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Computer Science |
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Tigera
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Tigera secures and governs AI workloads and agents across the enterprise, wherever they run, by providing deep visibility and enforcement control. The company’s offerings secure AI workloads and agents across 1M+ clusters in multicloud and hybrid environments. Leading enterprises including NVIDIA, Royal Bank of Canada, Bloomberg, Chipotle, GoDaddy, and Upwork trust Tigera for their AI security needs.
- LinkedIn followers
- 17,964
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 130
- Reported office locations
- 2890 Zanker Rd, Suite 205, San Jose, California 95134, US
- 1 Fore St, London, UK EC2Y 5EJ, GB
- 602 W Hastings St, Suite 300, Vancouver, BC V6B 1P2, CA
- 90 New Montgomery St, Suite 1420, San Francisco, California 94105, US
- Business categories
- Compliance
- Cloud Security
- Cyber Security
- Software
- Enterprise Software
- SaaS
- Security
- Network Security
- DevOps
- Open Source
- Other recorded names
- Tigera
- Specialties
- kubernetes
- network security
- zero trust security
- compliance
- microservices
- Kubernetes security
- Istio
- Calico
- container security
- containers
- CNAPP
- cloud native
- microsegmentation
- eBPF
- CWPP
- AKS security
- and EKS security
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- Reported total investment
- 53,000,000
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Tigera secures and governs AI workloads and agents across the enterprise, wherever they run, by providing deep visibility and enforcement control. The company’s offerings secure AI workloads and agents across 1M+ clusters in multicloud and hybrid environments. Leading enterprises including NVIDIA, Royal Bank of Canada, Bloomberg, Chipotle, GoDaddy, and Upwork trust Tigera for their AI security needs.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software Development |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2016 |
| Specialties | kubernetesnetwork securityzero trust securitycompliancemicroservicesKubernetes securityIstioCalicocontainer securitycontainers |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 7 |
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Tigera secures AI agents on any Kubernetes platform, from the kernel with eBPF. With Tigera Lynx, enterprises run AI agents in production and stay in control: Lynx discovers every agent, governs every call, contains any agent that steps out of line, and keeps a record of what each one did.
Tigera created Project Calico, which secures more than 8 million Kubernetes nodes every day, and the commercial Calico platform is trusted by Global 2000 enterprises including NVIDIA, Royal Bank of Canada, Chipotle, Bloomberg, and GoDaddy.
If you are looking to help make a substantial impact, and our values and products align with your vision of your career growth, we want to hear from you!
About Your Role
We are looking for passionate and skilled software engineers to join us in our mission to secure the next generation of cloud-native applications and AI workloads. Calico Open Source defines the gold standard for application connectivity within large-scale cloud environments, such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, and related technologies. Building upon this open-source foundation, our commercial products help enterprises build and operate cloud-native applications and infrastructures, securely and at scale.
You will be joining a team that is highly engineering-focused with a culture that values diversity, collaboration, agility, and innovation, keeping us one step ahead in the exciting and fast moving cloud-native technology space.
You Will
- Be an active member of an engineering team working on Calico Enterprise and Calico OSS releases
- Design and build Kubernetes networking and network security features in Go across Calico's control plane
- Work directly with customers and the Calico open source community to solve their hardest networking problems, from first report to merged solution
- Own the full lifecycle of your features, from design through coding, testing, and release, using AI tools and automation to move faster and cut repetitive work
You Have
- 5+ years of product-oriented software engineering experience
- Strong networking experience on Linux and in Kubernetes
- Hands-on experience with Golang (preferred) and/or C, C++, Java
- Experience in developing products with a focus on L2/L3 networking, L4-L7 network functions, and network security
- A BS in CS or related/similar degree (equivalent experience may suffice)
Nice-to-Have
- Experience or familiarity with any of these technologies: Istio, Envoy, CNI, or OpenStack
- Experience with eBPF
- Experience building automation or AI agents that make engineering teams more productive
- Experience developing, securing, or operating cloud-scale applications or infrastructure
With offices in San Francisco, San Jose, Vancouver (Canada), Cork (Ireland), and London (England), we have a thriving team of diverse individuals from all over the world. We believe in a collaborative, flexible work environment based on respect for, and commitment from, every employee. We also offer a competitive compensation package along with full health, vision, and dental benefits. These benefits, coupled with an amazing team of individuals who believe in our mission and value openness, collaboration, and teamwork, make Tigera an awesome place to work.
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