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title: 'Senior Software Engineer - Networking at Tigera'
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# Senior Software Engineer - Networking at Tigera

- **Company:** Tigera
- **Location:** Vancouver, Canada
- **Posted:** 2026-10-30
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-01
- **Apply:** https://boards.greenhouse.io/tigera/jobs/4748320005?gh_jid=4748320005

## Job description

Tigera—the pioneer behind Calico and Lynx—is defining the future of AI agent security, workload governance, and cloud-native networking. As autonomous AI agents, LLM frameworks, and microservices proliferate across enterprise infrastructure, Tigera delivers the deep visibility, runtime protection, and eBPF-driven enforcement control required to secure the next generation of computing.

From modern cloud-native architectures to cutting-edge AI agent ecosystems, our technology safeguards over 1 million Kubernetes clusters across multicloud and hybrid environments. Trusted by world-class innovation leaders—including NVIDIA, Royal Bank of Canada, Bloomberg, Chipotle, GoDaddy, and Upwork—we empower enterprises to build, scale, and innovate with AI safely and without compromise.

At Tigera, our customers are the heroes of our story. We aim high, move fast, foster continuous learning, and build a high-trust, highly collaborative environment where every voice shapes the future of AI security. If you are looking to help make a substantial impact, and our values and products align with your vision of your career growth, we want to hear from you!

## About Your Role

We are looking for passionate and skilled software engineers to join us in our mission to secure the next generation of cloud-native applications and AI workloads. Calico Open Source defines the gold standard for application connectivity within large-scale cloud environments, such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, and related technologies. Building upon this open-source foundation, our commercial products help enterprises build and operate cloud-native applications and infrastructures, securely and at scale.

You will be joining a team that is highly engineering-focused with a culture that values diversity, collaboration, agility, and innovation, keeping us one step ahead in the exciting and fast moving cloud-native technology space.

You Will

- Be an active member of an engineering team working on Calico Enterprise and Calico OSS releases
- 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 solve their hardest networking problems, from first report to merged solution
- Own the full lifecycle of your features, from design through coding, testing, and release, using AI tools and automation to move faster and cut repetitive work

You Have

- 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++, Java
- Experience in developing products with a focus on L2/L3 networking, L4-L7 network functions, and network security
- A BS in CS or related/similar degree (equivalent experience may suffice)

Nice-to-Have

- Experience or familiarity with any of these technologies: Istio, Envoy, CNI, or OpenStack
- Experience with eBPF
- Experience building automation or AI agents that make engineering teams more productive
- Experience developing, securing, or operating cloud-scale applications or infrastructure

With offices in San Francisco, San Jose, Vancouver (Canada), Cork (Ireland), and London (England), we have a thriving team of diverse individuals from all over the world. We believe in a collaborative, flexible work environment based on respect for, and commitment from, every employee. We also offer a competitive compensation package along with full health, vision, and dental benefits. These benefits, coupled with an amazing team of individuals who believe in our mission and value openness, collaboration, and teamwork, make Tigera an awesome place to work.

## About Tigera

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Tigera provides unified security, observability, and authorization control for AI agents and Kubernetes workloads through its Calico and Lynx platforms.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B; $53M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: San Jose, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Ratan Tipirneni (CEO), Pervez Sikora (former President), Alain Mayer (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Kubernetes-native networking and security; AI agent security and governance
- **Target customers**: AI & Platform Engineering teams, Security teams at large enterprises (B2B, Enterprise)
- **Mission statement**: "Control and visibility for every AI workload and agent, wherever they run"

## Products & Services
- **[Calico Platform](https://www.tigera.io/)**: Unified platform for Kubernetes networking, security, and observability. Powered by Calico Open Source, Istio, Envoy, and eBPF. Provides full visibility into AI agents, runtime enforcement, and policy automation across any Kubernetes distribution, VM, or bare metal host. Used by 1M+ clusters daily.
- **[Lynx](https://www.tigera.io/)**: AI Agent Security, Observability & Enforcement for Kubernetes. Allows teams to audit, observe, and enforce what AI agents are authorized to do *before* they act. Audit-ready by default with traceable logs for every agent action and policy decision.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metrics**:
  - Annual Revenue: ~$10.5M per [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tigera)
  - Total Funding: $53M (Series B closed Dec 2018 for $30M; Series A $13M in 2016; Venture round $10M)
  - Nodes Secured Daily: 8M+
  - Clusters Under Management: 1M+
- **Notable Customers**: NVIDIA, Royal Bank of Canada, Bloomberg, Chipotle, GoDaddy, Upwork
- **Investors/Partners**: 4 investors in Series B, 3 in Series A (exact names not fully disclosed in source)
- **Growth Signals**: Operating across 6 countries (USA, Canada, Ireland, India, Israel, UK); named GigaOM Leader and Outperformer; expanding into AI agent security (Lynx product launch)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep Kubernetes expertise**: Created and maintains Calico Open Source, the most widely adopted container networking and security solution
- **NSX alternative**: Migrate off VMware NSX without rearchitecting the network
- **Proactive enforcement**: Unlike traditional security tools that audit after the fact, Tigera enforces authorization *before* agents act
- **Proven at scale**: 8M+ nodes secured daily across 1M+ clusters in production at demanding enterprises
- **No vendor lock-in**: Works across every Kubernetes distribution, cloud provider, and on-premises environment
- **Single console**: One operator installs, configures, and manages the full networking and security stack

## Strategic Focus
- **AI Agent Security**: Extending policy enforcement and observability to govern autonomous AI agents as they become embedded in critical business processes
- **Simplification**: Reducing operational burden with automated policy recommendations, testing, and deployment
- **Unified platform**: Eliminating tool sprawl and fragmented controls across Kubernetes environments
- **Open-source commitment**: Maintaining Calico Open Source as the leading standard while offering advanced capabilities commercially

## Why Work Here
- **Company culture**: Collaborative, flexible work environment based on respect and commitment. Core values include continuous learning, building, and testing. 4.6/5.0 employer rating (63 reviews) with high marks for culture (4.6), work-life balance (4.5), and career growth (4.5) per [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tigera)
- **Remote/hybrid policy**: Global team with offices in USA, Canada, Ireland, and England; emphasizes flexible work environment
- **Perks**: Competitive salary with stock options, top-tier health/vision/dental benefits, monthly wellness allowance, quarterly team events, weekly team lunches, happy hours
- **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on continuous learning, certification, and open-source contribution. Team includes former engineers from Metaswitch, VMware, Microsoft, NGINX, and Project Calico
- **Team composition**: 87 employees currently; 44 in technical roles, 9 in product, 8 in marketing. Senior-heavy team (29 senior, 17 other management)
- **Active openings**: 6 positions including Senior AI/ML Engineer, Senior TestOps Engineer, Senior UI Engineer, Senior SDET, and Enterprise Account Executives

## Sources
1. [tigera.io](https://www.tigera.io/)
2. [tigera.io/about](https://www.tigera.io/about/)
3. [tigera.io/careers](https://www.tigera.io/careers/)
4. [LinkedIn - Tigera](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tigera)
5. [Workable - Tigera openings](https://apply.workable.com/tigera/?lng=en)

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