High-Performance Framework Engineer (C/C++)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision Benefits

Flexible PTO and Holidays

Annual Discretionary Bonus Plan

Educational Reimbursement

401k with Employer Match

Hybrid and Remote Work Model

Volunteer Time Off

Job summary

ExtraHop is seeking a Software Engineer for the Framework team in Seattle to design, optimize, and scale core Framework systems with a focus on performance and reliability.

You will work across networking layers, contribute to technical design, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver customer-facing features for detection, visibility, and automation at scale. Strong C/C++ experience and Linux know-how are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, STEM, or related field requiring systematic and analytical thinking.
• 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 (multi threading, memory management, IPC etc)
• Proven ability to build and maintain performance critical systems.

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

Multithreading

Debugging

Networking

Data structures

Independent worker

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, STEM, or related field

Tools

GDB

Perf tools

Git

Linux development

Job description

ExtraHop is seeking a Software Engineer for the Framework team in Seattle to design, optimize, and scale core Framework systems with a focus on performance and reliability.

You will work across networking layers, contribute to technical design, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver customer-facing features for detection, visibility, and automation at scale. Strong C/C++ experience and Linux know-how are essential.