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ExtraHop
| Company | ExtraHop |
| Category | HR & Recruiting |
| Location | Remote/Seattle |
| Remote | Remote |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Not stated |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 20 Nov 2025 |
| Last verified | 3 Aug 2026 |
| Source | Employer ATS (greenhouse) |
Description
At ExtraHop, we’re on a mission to protect and empower the connected enterprise. We reveal what is happening in the very infrastructure that sustains businesses, lives, and communities, and ensure the integrity of networks, data, systems, and processes. Organizations rely on ExtraHop to provide visibility into the cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and network performance issues that evade their existing security and IT tools. With this insight, organizations can investigate smarter, stop threats faster, and keep operations running.
Our mission is fueled by a profound social and moral responsibility to be the best at what we do, ensuring a secure world where everyone can thrive. If this sounds like a place you’d like to spend the next chapter of your career, we’d love to hear from you. 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.
General Key Responsibilities
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.
Often Required Qualifications
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.
General Preferred Qualifications
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