Senior Open Source Engineer

Sysdig; Teramo; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extra days off

Mental health support (Modern Health)

Great compensation package

Job summary

Sysdig is seeking a Software Engineer to advance Falco and OSS initiatives powering cloud threat detection. You will contribute to core technologies, maintain releases, and drive automation while sharing knowledge through talks and blogs.

In this role you’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams, work with Linux, eBPF, containers, and Kubernetes, and contribute to open source projects in cloud-native security.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years as a Software Engineer in cloud-native or security domains.
• Proficiency in C/C++, Golang, and Rust.
• Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
• Open source contributions and collaboration experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop new technology for Falco, OSS Sysdig, and related libraries.
• Contribute to and possibly maintain open source projects.
• Assist users, fix reported bugs, and streamline releases.
• Own releases and advance automation across the workflow.
• Engage with the community via Slack and GitHub; present at conferences; write technical content.

Skills

C/C++

Golang

Rust

Open source contributions

Linux

eBPF

Kubernetes

Job description

Join Sysdig to help advance Falco and OSS initiatives that power cloud threat detection. You will contribute to core technologies and open source projects, shaping tools used by a broad community. You’ll engage with users, maintain releases, and drive automation, while sharing knowledge through talks and blogs. This role puts you at the intersection of security, open source, and cloud-native technologies. You’ll work with cross-functional teams to accelerate secure innovation in the cloud.

• extra days off
• mental health support via Modern Health app
• great compensation package
• Develop new technology for Falco, OSS Sysdig, and related libraries
• Contribute to and possibly maintain open source projects
• Assist users, fix reported bugs, and streamline releases
• Own releases and advance automation across the workflow
• Engage with the community via Slack and GitHub; present at conferences; write technical content
• 5 years as Software Engineer in cloud native or security domains
• Proficient in C/C++, Golang, and Rust
• Open source contributions
• Experience with Linux, eBPF, containers, and Kubernetes
• strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• clear communication
• collaboration and teamwork
• C
• C++
• Golang