Senior Software Engineer (Linux Endpoint)

About the role

Joining Cyberhaven offers a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of revolutionizing data protection through cutting-edge AI technology. Cyberhaven is dedicated to overcoming the challenges faced by traditional data security products, ensuring robust protection of critical data against insider threats in a rapidly evolving work environment. With a unique approach to data lineage, tracing data from its origin for better classification and protection, Cyberhaven combines the functionality of traditional data protection security tools into a single, more effective solution. This role not only allows you to contribute to the advancement of cloud and data security but also places you within a team of security and product professionals passionate about transforming the way data is protected.

We’re looking for an experienced endpoint systems developer to help drive and evolve our product. Our technology is new and rapidly evolving, and you’ll have a chance to be an early contributor with a substantial impact on the product architecture.

What you'll do

• Design and implement components of our state-of-the-art system sensor that traces all data movement across all applications and files on windows endpoints

• Solve challenging performance optimization problems: we’re building software that monitors hundreds of thousands of events with minimal impact on performance of the endpoint applications

• Design and build highly reliable code that never impacts the end-user experience

• Build secure-by-design hardened software that must withstand real-world attacks, while processing untrusted data and communicating with a backend over the internet

Who you are

• Strong track record in working on security software on Linux using eBPF, kernel modules and audit frameworks.

• Experience with building and maintaining enterprise grade software with support for multiple distributions of Linux.

• Prior work on at least one large native application deployed to tens of thousands of end-users

• Experience debugging, profiling, and optimizing the performance of low-level system software

• Experience building endpoint security products, such as DLP or EDR applications

• Proficient in designing and implementing application architecture

• Experience with agile development and SCRUM

• Proven ability to collaborate with a distributed cross-functional team

• Possess verbal and written communication skills in English

• Availability to frequently communicate with a distributed engineering team in Central European and US Eastern time zones

• Located in the following locations: Bucharest or Cluj, Romania, Bangalore, India,

Joining Cyberhaven is a chance to revolutionize data security. Traditional tools fall short, but we’ve reimagined protection with AI-enabled data lineage that analyzes billions of workflows to understand data, detect risk, and stop threats. Backed by $250M from leading investors like Khosla and Redpoint, our team includes leaders who built industry-defining technologies at CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Meta, Google, and more. This role lets you shape the future of data security, alongside experts driven to help customers protect their most valuable information.

Cyberhaven is committed to creating a diverse environment and is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.