About Us:

Proofpoint is a global leader in human- and agent-centric cybersecurity. We protect how people, data, and AI agents connect across email, cloud, and collaboration tools. Over 80 of the Fortune 100, 10,000 large enterprises, and millions of smaller organizations trust Proofpoint to stop threats, prevent data loss, and build resilience across their people and AI workflows. Our mission is easy: safeguard the digital world and empower people to work securely and confidently. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.

How We Work:

At Proofpoint you’ll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity guided by our BRAVE core values:

Bold in how we dream and innovate
Responsive to feedback, challenges and opportunities
Accountable for results and best in class outcomes
Visionary in future focused problem-solving
Exceptional in execution and impact
About the role:
We are seeking a highly skilled Principal eBPF Developer to join and support an established engineering team. This role is ideal for an expert in eBPF and Linux




systems programming who can contribute immediately, provide technical leadership, and help drive advanced observability, networking, and security
capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:
eBPF Development:
- Design, develop, and optimize eBPF programs for networking, observability, and/or security use cases
- Guide best practices in eBPF development and Linux systems programming
- Work with kernel-level instrumentation, tracing, and performance monitoring
- Ensure efficiency, safety, and scalability of eBPF-based solutions
- Act as a senior technical contributor within an existing team
- Collaborate on the design of systems leveraging eBPF for deep visibility and control
- Help define architecture for data collection, processing, and integration with user-space components
Collaboration:
- Work closely with platform, infrastructure, and security teams
- Assist in troubleshooting complex system-level issues
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📌 EBPF Principal Developer (India)
🏢 Proofpoint
📍 India