Senior Software Engineer, Monitor Ingestion Team

Sysdig

. Join a cross-functional team owning metrics collection and ingestion end to end, from agents on customer hosts and Kubernetes nodes to Sysdig backend ingestion and processing .

Posted 10/14/2026full-timeRemote • ItalySenior💰 €54,000 - €68,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates advanced coding skills in Rust, Go, or C/C++ with a solid systems-programming background, including Linux internals and networking. Capable of building performance-sensitive software and familiar with distributed systems and observability tools.

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Advanced Coding SkillsLinux InternalsDistributed SystemsEBPFKubernetes

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Hard Skills

RustGoC/C++Linux InternalsPerformance-Sensitive SoftwareDistributed SystemsEvent-Driven ArchitecturesTelemetryCloud ProvidersContainer Runtimes

Soft Skills

CollaborationProblem SolvingCommunication

Tools & Technologies

SysdigKubernetesAWSGCPAzureDockerContainerdCRI-O

Industry Keywords

Metrics CollectionIngestionScalabilityRobustnessObservability

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesLinuxRustC++Go

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Join a cross-functional team owning metrics collection and ingestion end to end, from agents on customer hosts and Kubernetes nodes to Sysdig backend ingestion and processing
Solve performance, scalability and correctness problems across the pipeline
Lead technical design for features across the agent and backend
Collaborate with product and design on specifications and timelines
Contribute to building and improving the product with the team
Participate in an on-call rotation to handle urgent issues
Report to the Engineering Manager

Requirements

What you’ll need

Advanced coding skills, with 5+ years of professional experience in at least one of Rust, Go or C/C++, and willingness to learn and work across different technologies
Solid systems-programming background: Linux internals, processes, control groups, networking and file I/O
Experience building performance-sensitive software that runs on customer infrastructure: resource-bounded, robust to partial failures, and safe to run privileged
Familiarity with distributed systems: horizontally scalable services, and/or event-driven architectures
Fluency in English
Experience with eBPF, kernel-level instrumentation or container runtimes (containerd, CRI-O, Docker) is a strong plus
Familiarity with observability tools and telemetry is highly desirable
Familiarity with Kubernetes is a strong plus
Experience with cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) is a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Extra days off to prioritize your well-being
Mental health support for you and your family through the Modern Health app
Great compensation package