R&D Talent Community

Submit your resume here to express interest. We review general engineering applicants regularly and will reach out as relevant roles become available.

Our engineering organization builds the foundation, services, and capabilities that power ExtraHop’s industry leading products. Engineers at ExtraHop work across a wide range of challenges that include systems level development, performance optimization, distributed services, network data processing, and user facing features.

We offer an engaging and collaborative environment where engineers are encouraged to design thoughtfully, communicate clearly, and deliver high quality solutions. We value curiosity, ownership, and a willingness to dive deep into complex technologies while contributing to a positive, inclusive culture.

• →Design, build, and maintain high quality software components that contribute to ExtraHop’s core platform and product capabilities.
  
  
• →Collaborate closely with engineering peers, product management, UX, QA, and other partners to define requirements, architecture, and implementation details.
  
  
• →Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and architectural planning to ensure quality, stability, scalability, and long term maintainability.
  
  
• →Debug, troubleshoot, and improve software running in real world customer environments.
  
  
• →Support performance, scalability, and reliability initiatives through measurement, analysis, and optimization.
  
  
• →Contribute to test automation, CI/CD processes, and modern engineering practices.
  
  
• →Participate in agile development methodologies and help continuously improve team processes.
  
  
• →Demonstrate ownership, technical curiosity, and a commitment to continuous learning.
  
  
• →Model ExtraHop’s core engineering values which include collaboration, kindness, customer focus, and building technology that matters.
  
  

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  
  
• Strong programming skills in one or more of the following languages: Go, Python, C, C++, Rust, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
  
  
• Experience developing software on Linux or Unix environments, including debugging, tooling, and common developer workflows.
  
  
• Understanding of networking fundamentals and common Layer 2 through Layer 7 protocols.
  
  
• Familiarity with secure development concepts including encryption fundamentals and modern authentication ideas such as TLS, SAML, or OIDC.
  
  
• Ability to design and implement software with an emphasis on code quality, maintainability, and reliability.
  
  
• Strong problem solving skills, clear communication, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
  
  
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and navigate large or complex systems.
  
  

• Experience with cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  
  
• Familiarity with containers and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
  
  
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools including Terraform or Ansible.
  
  
• Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, or other distributed storage technologies.
  
  
• Exposure to observability or monitoring tools including Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic, or similar systems.
  
  
• Experience working with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.
  
  
• Experience building or supporting software at enterprise scale with considerations around throughput, latency, memory, and resource constraints.
  
  
• Awareness of cybersecurity practices, packet analysis tools such as Wireshark or tcpdump, or general familiarity with detection concepts.
  
  
• Ability to mentor others and contribute to a positive, collaborative engineering culture.
  
  

ExtraHop is reinventing Network Detection and Response (NDR) to offer enterprises unparalleled visibility, context, and control against emerging threats. The platform integrates NDR with Network Performance Management (NPM), Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), and forensics, providing a single, comprehensive solution. By decrypting and analyzing complete packet-level data at wire speed and leveraging cloud-scale machine learning, ExtraHop empowers Security Operations Centers (SOCs) to detect, investigate, and remediate modern cyber risks in real time across their entire hybrid infrastructure, including data center, cloud, and SASE environments.

This comprehensive approach and market innovation have earned ExtraHop unique recognition as the only NDR vendor acknowledged as a leader by all major analyst firms, including the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Network Detection and Response™, the 2025 Forrester® Wave for Network Analysis and Visibility, the 2024 IDC® Marketscape for NDR, and the 2025 Gigamon® Radar Report for Network Detection and Response. Since 2007, ExtraHop has consistently helped organizations worldwide extract in-depth network telemetry and contextual insights, affirming its commitment to protecting and empowering the connected enterprise.

Our culture is rooted in our five Values. These set the expectations for how we work individually and collectively as a team. 

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