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Upwind Security

Windows Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site +1

With industry-leading efficiency and eBPF-powered sensors, Upwind delivers comprehensive capabilities, including agentless cloud posture discovery, real-time threat protection, and integrated API ...

PlayStation Global

Platform Engineer II

Aliso Viejo, CA · Hybrid

$189K - $265K/yr

... both eBPF and Iptables. Requirements * Master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent, and two (2) years of experience developing and securing new ...

Innowhyte Inc

Calico, Cilium, Multus, eBPF. * Container storage (CSI): Ceph, GlusterFS, Longhorn. * DevOps & CI/CD: GitLab, Helm, ArgoCD, Prometheus. * Extensive experience troubleshooting Kubernetes ...

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What does an eBPF engineer do?

An eBPF job typically involves working with extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) technology to enhance Linux kernel functionality without modifying its source code. Responsibilities may include developing eBPF programs for performance monitoring, security enforcement, and networking optimizations. Engineers in this role often work with low-level system internals, C programming, and tools like BPF Compiler Collection (BCC) or eBPF Toolkit. They may collaborate with teams to improve observability, troubleshoot system behavior, and optimize application performance.

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Security Engineer

Trinity Technology Solutions

San Francisco, CA • On-site

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO

Re-posted 26 days ago

Job description

A well-funded client is seeking a senior Security Engineer to secure infrastructure that runs untrusted code at massive scale. This role is focused on Linux and infrastructure security, balancing strong isolation guarantees with high-performance requirements in a distributed environment.

Responsibilities

Secure high-scale infrastructure executing untrusted workloads

Design and implement defense-in-depth security for sandboxed and microVM-based systems

Build real-time threat detection across large numbers of concurrent environments

Apply Linux security primitives to enforce isolation and runtime protection

Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards while maintaining low-latency performance

Tech Stack

Go, Rust, C, TypeScript, Linux security, container hardening

Qualifications

5+ years of experience securing production infrastructure

Deep hands-on experience with Linux security primitives such as seccomp, eBPF, and namespaces

Experience securing distributed systems at scale

Familiarity with compliance frameworks including SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR

Comfortable working close to the system; kernel-level security experience is a plus

Why is This a Great Opportunity

Cover full healthcare, vision, and dental insurance, and offer unlimited PTO.

Series A startup with 7-figure revenue

Small team, real impact

Comments

Please highlight the must haves in the submittal.

They have to have all the must haves to get an interview. 

Must have:

  • Fast paced startup experience (ideally, seed-Series B) working on a small team (<50 total)
  • Proficiency in Go, Rust, or TypeScript.
  • Deep expertise in Linux security primitives (seccomp, eBPF, namespaces).
  • Willingness to work 4 days on-site in San Francisco.
  • 5+ years of experience in production security infrastructure, securing distributed systems at scale
  • Experience securing distributed systems at massive scale.
  • Experience with container security and microVM hardening.

Like to have

Comfortable implementing kernel-level security controls