Principal Software Engineer (Sensor)

We're an early-stage company building innovative software solutions with a commitment to shipping rock-solid, reliable, safe software. We’re searching for someone who loves writing code that helps protect customers and frustrates the adversary. You’ve written serious software in a careful way, and you love scalable systems built right with small teams. Read more about us and our mission here . In this role, you'll work on our innovative eBPF-based sensor that provides real-time visibility and control for Linux workloads across containers, virtual machines, and bare-metal servers. This technology is central to our identity-driven security approach. The ideal candidate has experience with low-level systems programming (Rust preferred), a strong understanding of Linux internals, and familiarity with container technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud environments including AWS and GCP. If you're passionate about building high-performance, security-focused software that operates reliably in production environments, we want to talk to you. Responsibilities Design, architect, and develop features and improvements in a secure, well-tested, and performant way Maintain a high bar for quality in a fast-paced, iterative environment Work closely with company leadership to guide our entry into the market Interact with potential customers and the community to help drive adoption Craft code that meets our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices Maintain and advocate for these standards through code review and other cultural practices Regularly demonstrate progress during our weekly internal demos Top candidates for this role will have: Experience designing and shipping commercially available software products at scale that customers love Experience building and shipping self-service B2B SaaS products at scale Expert knowledge of at least one major systems programming language Ability to learn Rust and Typescript Experience shipping serverless software on AWS or distributed systems experience Experience working at a fast-growing startup Be comfortable working remotely, asynchronously, and independently Strong time management habits and the ability to have a quiet working environment Fluency in technology such as GitHub, AWS, Auth0, TypeScript, Rust, GitHub Copilot and Claude At least 12 years of experience Ability to thrive in a fully remote organization Additional notes As a remote first company, we are looking to hire anywhere in the United States. We hire people authorized to work in the United States. We do not sponsor immigration visas. Ability to travel for in-person company planning and events.