Tigera builds Calico-based networking and security for Kubernetes, now extending into governance of AI agents through a newer product line, Lynx. The stack pairs systems languages (Go, C++, Rust) with Envoy, Istio, Gateway API and MCP, pointing to deep data-plane engineering aimed at agent traffic. Hiring is accelerating and senior-skewed, with parallel investment in an outbound sales motion built on Outreach, Gong and ZoomInfo.
Tigera, founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Jose, California, provides visibility and policy enforcement for containerized and AI workloads. Its core technology is Calico, used for Kubernetes networking and security across multicloud and hybrid environments on AWS, Azure and GCP. The company is extending Calico to support virtual machine workloads running inside Kubernetes, and is developing Lynx to detect and govern AI agents at runtime. It is a privately held company with 51–200 employees and hires in the United States and Canada across engineering, product and sales.
Tigera builds with Go, C++, Rust, Python and Java on Kubernetes, Docker, Istio, Envoy and Gateway API, with Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Terraform, Pulumi and Tekton across AWS, Azure and GCP.
Tigera is developing Lynx for runtime detection of AI agents and their behavior, extending Calico networking to VM workloads in Kubernetes, and building out CI pipelines and end-to-end testing.
Yes. Hiring is accelerating and skews senior, spanning engineering, product and sales roles in the United States and Canada.
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