Senior Linux Kernel Engineer (Runtime Security)

Location: Remote, Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Company

Develops cloud-native security solutions for containers, Kubernetes, serverless, and cloud environments.

What you will do

• Design and implement robust, scalable runtime security components for cloud and on-prem environments.
• Develop low-level Linux components using kernel internals, kernel modules, syscalls, and kernel/user-space interaction.
• Build and optimize runtime threat detection and protection capabilities using eBPF for tracing, observability, and security monitoring.
• Own complex initiatives from architecture and design through implementation, testing, code review, and production delivery.
• Collaborate with software architects and senior engineers on technical direction and system-level challenges.
• Lead and contribute to technical proofs of concept while maintaining performance, reliability, security, and code quality.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software development experience with strong expertise in C/C++ or Go on Linux.
• 6+ years of hands-on Linux OS-level programming and 6+ years of Linux kernel development.
• Deep understanding of Linux internals, operating systems, processes, memory, networking, and system-level performance.
• Hands-on eBPF experience in tracing, security monitoring, networking, or observability.
• Experience designing and implementing high-performance, reliable system components.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, documentation, collaboration, ownership, and initiative.

Nice to have

• Experience with cybersecurity products, especially runtime, endpoint, or workload protection.
• Experience with containers, Kubernetes, and cloud-native environments.
• Experience with Linux security mechanisms.
• Experience in Agile R&D environments or developing security, observability, or infrastructure technologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on deep Linux kernel and runtime technologies.
• Build security capabilities for large-scale production environments.
• Collaborate with engineers, security researchers, and architects.
• Influence the technical direction of a cloud-native runtime security platform.
• Own challenging projects from concept through production.