ExtraHop · 2 months ago
Sr. Principal Hardware Engineer
United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$190K/yr - $220K/yrExtraHop is reinventing Network Detection and Response (NDR) to help enterprises and organizations stay ahead of emerging threats with unmatched network visibility, context, and control. The Sr. Principal Hardware Engineer will provide technical leadership for the design and development of hardware to support NDR, collaborating with various teams to define requirements and promote a culture of collaboration.
AnalyticsCyber SecurityEnterprise SoftwareIT ManagementNetwork Security
Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership for the design and development of hardware to support NDR for next-generation networks
Work closely with hardware suppliers and partners to understand and influence roadmaps of servers/systems, key components and technologies, and adjacent products such as switches and span aggregators
Be the technical SME for the leading edge of hardware innovation as it relates to NDR
Collaborate with product management to define customer requirements for hardware products, accounting for feasibility, development/delivery timelines, and maintainability/supportability
Collaborate with other architects and application-level software development teams to define software’s requirements for hardware performance and functionality
Collaborate with other architects and platform-level software development teams to define and plan software changes to support new hardware features/technologies/products
Support building out a team dedicated to delivering and supporting hardware products
Promote a results driven culture, by promoting a culture of collaboration, trust, transparency, and productivity
Qualification
Required
Expert-level knowledge and understanding of the hardware necessary to support NDR at the largest enterprise scale
Deep experience designing and building enterprise-scale networking hardware products, including collaborating with component vendors and system OEMs/ODMs
Experience making software highly performant on enterprise-scale hardware
Deep familiarity with relevant features, performance characteristics, and high-level roadmaps of hardware components and technologies such as x86/ARM server CPUs, PCIe, Ethernet NICs/DPUs/switches, and SSDs/HDDs
Working knowledge of C/C++
Working knowledge of Linux
Preferred
Experience with critical hardware supply chain logistics
Familiarity with AI-related hardware including GPUs and RDMA
Familiarity with hardware-relevant characteristics of high-performance network stacks/frameworks such as the Linux kernel, DPDK, and Nvidia DOCA
Familiarity with applications of FPGAs in high-performance networking
Benefits
Health, Dental, and Vision Benefits
Flexible PTO, Sick Time Prorated Based on Date of Hire, and All Federal Holidays (US Only) + 3 Days of Paid Volunteer Time
Non-Commissioned Positions may be eligible to participate in the Annual Discretionary Bonus Plan
FSA and Dependent Care Accounts + EAP, where applicable
Educational Reimbursement
401k with Employer Match or Pension where applicable
Pet Insurance (US Only)
Parental Leave (US Only)
Hybrid and Remote Work Model
Company
ExtraHop
We’re on a mission to reveal cyber risk and build business resilience by exposing the threats organizations can’t see.
Founded in 2007
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (1)
2024 (7)
2022 (2)
2021 (3)
2020 (9)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$161.6MKey Investors
TCVMeritech Capital PartnersMadrona
2024-01-09Private Equity· $100M
2021-06-08Acquired
2014-05-29Series C· $41M
Leadership Team
Sharat Nautiyal
Senior Cybersecurity Architect and Tech Evangelist
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