Senior Software Engineer - Networking

Location: Vancouver, Canada

Company

Develops Calico Open Source, Calico Enterprise, and related products for cloud-native networking, workload governance, AI agent security, runtime protection, and eBPF-driven enforcement across Kubernetes and hybrid multicloud environments.

What you will do

• Contribute to Calico Enterprise and Calico OSS releases as an active engineering team member.
• Design and build Kubernetes networking and network security features in Go across Calico’s control plane.
• Work directly with customers and the Calico open source community to resolve complex networking problems from initial report through merged solution.
• Own the complete feature lifecycle, including design, coding, testing, and release.
• Use AI tools and automation to accelerate engineering work and reduce repetitive tasks.

Requirements

• 5+ years of product-oriented software engineering experience.
• Strong networking experience on Linux and in Kubernetes.
• Hands-on experience with Golang, preferred, and/or C, C++, or Java.
• Experience developing products focused on L2/L3 networking, L4-L7 network functions, and network security.
• A BS in Computer Science or a related degree; equivalent experience may suffice.

Nice to have

• Experience or familiarity with Istio, Envoy, CNI, or OpenStack.
• Experience with eBPF.
• Experience building automation or AI agents that improve engineering productivity.
• Experience developing, securing, or operating cloud-scale applications or infrastructure.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, flexible, diverse, engineering-focused environment centered on respect, openness, agility, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Opportunities to work with cloud-native technologies, open-source communities, and large-scale Kubernetes environments.
• Competitive compensation package.
• Full health, vision, and dental benefits.
• Offices in San Francisco, San Jose, Vancouver, Cork, and London, with a globally diverse workforce.