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Lead Endpoint Engineer - Linux
Nightfall AIData Loss company
Bangalore, IndiaLead
Bain Capital Ventures
Venrock
Pear VC
Acrew Capital
WestBridge Capital
Atlassian Ventures
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Lead the development of a new Linux endpoint DLP agent, focusing on kernel-level interception and policy enforcement.
- •Nightfall is expanding its endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) coverage to Linux and is seeking a seasoned Endpoint Engineer to lead this effort.
- •You will be responsible for building Linux agent capabilities from the ground up.
- •Key Responsibilities Design and develop data exfiltration prevention applications and agents on Linux.
- •Build and maintain mission-critical endpoint agents that monitor and enforce DLP policies.
- •Implement kernel-level event interception using eBPF, LSM hooks, or similar mechanisms.
- •Diagnose and resolve deep systems-level issues including kernel panics and race conditions.
- •Own complex features from design to delivery, including scoping, implementation, and testing.
- •Requirements Expertise in C/C++ for Linux systems development; familiarity with Go is a strong plus.
- •Demonstrable experience building production agents or system-level software on Linux.
- •Deep hands-on experience with Linux kernel subsystems relevant to security and monitoring, such as eBPF.
- •Experience with kernel-level debugging using tools like ftrace, perf, or GDB. 10+ years of related systems/endpoint engineering experience.
Required skills
C++LinuxGoDockerKubernetes
Domain expertise
cybersecuritydeveloper-toolsai
Tech stack
C++GoLinuxDockerKubernetes
