Framework Engineer - High-Perf Networking (Remote/Hybrid)

Doist; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k plan

Volunteer time off

Paid time off

Job summary

ExtraHop is hiring a Software Engineer for the Framework team to design, develop, and optimize core framework services, focusing on high performance and scalability. You will work with cross-functional partners to deliver features enabling detection, visibility, and automation at scale.

The role emphasizes deep protocol awareness, reliability, and collaboration with product and security teams, while advancing cloud-enabled initiatives and platform modernization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, STEM, or a related field.
• 4+ years of professional experience designing and delivering production software.
• Strong expertise in C and C++ and other languages such as Go and Python.
• Experience developing on Linux Systems (multithreading, memory management, IPC etc).
• Proven ability to build and maintain performance critical systems.
• Proven ability to debug complex issues (eg. using gdb, coredumps, performance tools).
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, packet processing etc).
• Strong command of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles, with the ability to decompose complex problems into clear, actionable engineering tasks.
• Self-starter who can operate independently, manage competing priorities, and drive work to completion with minimal oversight.
• Excellent collaborator and communicator with a growth mindset and customer-first orientation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance services for ExtraHop's core Framework systems, taking ownership of moderately complex to complex features with limited guidance.
• Work across networking layers to implement and enhance protocol support
• Participate actively in technical design discussions, contribute to architecture decisions within your team, and author clear technical documentation for your work.
• Engage fully in agile development processes, including sprint planning, code reviews, and retrospectives; hold a high bar for code quality and test coverage.
• Collaborate with Product and cross-functional engineering partners such as platform, infrastructure and cloud teams to translate business requirements into well-scoped, scalable engineering solutions.
• Investigate, diagnose, and resolve production and performance issues independently; conduct root-cause analysis and implement preventive measures.
• Contribute to platform modernization efforts and help evaluate and adopt new technologies or frameworks in partnership with senior and principal engineers.
• Participate in on-call rotations and improve system observability, reliability and operational readiness.

Skills

C

C++

Go

Python

Linux

Debugging

Networking

Data structures

Algorithms

Independent

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Job description

ExtraHop is hiring a Software Engineer for the Framework team to design, develop, and optimize core framework services, focusing on high performance and scalability. You will work with cross-functional partners to deliver features enabling detection, visibility, and automation at scale.

The role emphasizes deep protocol awareness, reliability, and collaboration with product and security teams, while advancing cloud-enabled initiatives and platform modernization.