Principal Software Engineer - Backend

We are excited to consider an engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area for this role.On the Pixie team, we are building a novel observability system based on eBPF and machine intelligence to provide insight into complex software applications. Pixie automatically collects rich telemetry data with eBPF, while a powerful in-cluster data system enables programmatic use of this data. The system is used for performance, network, security, and other observability use cases.

We are seeking a systems/ML software engineer at New Relic, focused on the CNCF (Cloud-Native Computing Foundation) open-source Pixie project!

As a software engineer on the team, you will play a key role in designing and building our scalable machine data intelligence system. You’ll have the opportunity to work on a problem that spans data engineering, data analytics, machine learning, and distributed systems! Our system consists primarily of Go and C++ with some Python.

Must-have:

• 6+ years in one of the following areas: Distributed Systems, HPC, Machine Learning.
• Expertise (or willingness to learn) C++ and Go.
• Expertise (or willingness to learn) Kubernetes.
• Experience architecting and developing large-scale distributed systems. Experience in concurrency, multithreading, and synchronization.
• Working proficiency and communication skills in verbal and written English.
• Work out of our office in San Francisco.

• BS/MS/PhD in CS (or equivalent).
• Experience with C++.
• Knowledge of Unix/Linux environments and kernel development.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, and performance.
• Prior experience building complex technical enterprise products.
• Prior experience at high-growth teams.

Qualified applicants may inquire about visa sponsorship (including transfer of a current H-1B visa), but the company does not support or sponsor O-1, F-1, or J-1 visas, or candidates who require commencement of an H-1B “cap case” petition for future work authorization.

We're looking for bold and passionate people to be a part of our mission to create more perfect software. We'd love to have you apply, even if you don't feel you meet every single requirement. What's most important to us is finding authentic and accountable people who feel connected to our mission and values, not just candidates who check off all the boxes.

We believe in empowering all Relics to achieve professional, and business success through a workforce model called Flex First. The Flex First model allows us to work in a variety of workplaces that best support our success, including fully office-based, fully remote, or a combination of both.

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Our office is in the tech-rich urban center of San Francisco, with easy commute access and a plethora of good eats. We provide competitive compensation, equity, and big-company benefits (medical, dental, etc.)—all while maintaining the energy, agility, and fun of a start-up.

New Relic (NYSE: NEWR) is a cloud-based observability platform that gives developers, engineers, operations, and management a clear view of what’s happening in today’s complex software environments. So they can find and fix problems faster, and deliver delightful experiences for their customers. That's why the world’s best engineering teams rely on New Relic to visualize, analyze, and troubleshoot their software. It’s the simplest, most powerful cloud-based observability platform, built to create more perfect software. All from one place.

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