Software Engineer - Networking for Virtualization (Go/eBPF)

About the role

Isovalent, now part of Cisco, is looking for a software engineer to join its Networking for Virtualization engineering team. You will implement features, root-cause and fix bugs, and carry out maintenance on the codebase together with the team. The role suits someone who enjoys tackling complex problems, finds creative ways to solve them and communicates their ideas clearly.

Key responsibilities

• Work on delivering the roadmap together with the team
• Develop and review high-quality Go and eBPF code for the Cilium open-source and enterprise codebases
• Collaborate on the architecture and design of distributed systems, such as cluster mesh
• Integrate with traditional datacenter networking protocols
• Contribute to and uphold engineering best practices, code quality and operational excellence

Required profile

• Strong communication skills and a proven ability to work in collaborative environments
• Professional software engineering experience and a desire to write high-quality, efficient code
• Preferred: degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Preferred: experience in cloud-native datacenter networking, managing production Kubernetes clusters, SRE principles and infrastructure automation tools, and open-source contributions

Required skills

• Experience with Go, Rust, C/C++, Zig or another systems programming language
• Familiarity with Linux, networking and distributed systems
• Preferred: Go and/or eBPF, Kubernetes, Cilium and other CNIs