Job description
Tigera provides Calico, a unified network security and observability platform to prevent, detect and mitigate security breaches in Kubernetes clusters. Tigera’s open-source offering, Calico Open Source, is the most widely adopted container networking and security solution.
Powering more than 100M containers across 8M+ nodes in 166 countries, Calico software is supported across all major cloud providers and Kubernetes distributions, and is used by leading companies including Discover, Chipotle, NBCUniversal, HanseMerkur, Box, Siemens Healthineers, Playtech, Royal Bank of Canada, and Bell Canada.
As our team grows, we are looking for colleagues who not only share our passion for this work and growing our company, but who will also strengthen our company values and help ensure that Tigera remains a great place to work. At our core, our focus is on our customers, who are the heroes of our story; on aiming high and staying nimble in how we get there; on continuous learning to drive our success; and on respecting, collaborating, and supporting each other on a daily basis.
If you are looking to help make a substantial impact, and our values and products align with your vision of your career growth, we want to hear from you!
About Your Role
We’re looking for a Technical Marketing Engineer (TME) with expertise in Kubernetesto join our team. This is a hands-on, highly visible role where you’ll combine your technical skills, storytelling ability, and marketing instincts to create and deliver world-class technical content that inspires architects, platform engineers, and developers to adopt Calico. You’ll collaborate across engineering, product management, sales engineering, and the Calico community to understand new features, build compelling demos, and translate complex capabilities into clear, actionable value for our prospects and customers.
- You’ll be a visible voice in the Kubernetes and cloud-native community, representing the most widely adopted Kubernetes networking and security solution.
- You’ll have creative freedom to experiment with content formats—from hands-on demos to short social videos to deep-dive technical blogs.
- You’ll work with a passionate, knowledgeable team that values technical excellence and authentic storytelling.
If you’re excited about combining technical depth, community engagement, and storytelling to help the world’s leading organisations understand and adopt Calico, we’d love to hear from you.
For this position, we are looking to hire in Cork, Ireland (Hybrid).
You Will
Create & Deliver Best-in-Class Technical Content
Produce technical blogs, reference architectures, demo scripts, and workshop materials that showcase Calico’s capabilities.
Build engaging demos and trainings that highlight real-world use cases for Kubernetes networking and security.
Develop technical enablement assets for Sales Engineers to support product launches.
Maintain a strong presence on social media (Reddit, Substack, Medium, etc.), produce and push content, engage with community/users, and recruit writers/contributors.
Platform engineering focused: hands‑on experience with Kubernetes (K8s), plus a passion for teaching, training, and helping others learn best practices.
Be the Face of Calico in the Community
Present at webinars, meetups, and conferences (including KubeCon) to educate and inspire technical audiences.
Engage actively on platforms likeLinkedIn, X (Twitter), Reddit, and Dev.to, sharing high-quality content and participating in conversations where Kubernetes architects and developers gather.
Work closely with Customers and the Calico open-source community, listening to feedback, learning how users solve problems, and sharing those insights internally.
Up to 25% travel
Collaborate Cross-Functionally
Partner with product management and engineering to understand new features in depth and bring them to market effectively.
Enable sales engineers with the right technical narratives, demos, and proof points to close deals.
Share field and community learnings with customer success and product teams to inform roadmap priorities.
You Have
- Demonstrated ability to create technical content for developers, platform engineers, and architects.
- Public speaking and technical presentation experience (e.g., webinars, meetups, conferences).
- Ability to break down complex technical concepts into clear, engaging stories.
- Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and takes the initiative to learn and deliver.
- 5+ years of experience in technical marketing engineering, product management, or solutions engineering in enterprise software.
- 2+ years of DevOps/security/networking industry and/or practitioner (SRE, developer, software engineering, platform engineering, CloudSecOps) experience—preferably with hands-on experience using IT technologies.
- Experience with Rancher, VMWare Tanzu, Red Hat OpenShift, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure (certification is preferred).
- Strong preference for applicants with experience handling and supporting cloud infrastructure, containers/Kubernetes, serverless functions, microservices, and security.
Nice-To-Have
- Hands-on expertise in Kubernetes .
- Experience using AI tools to accelerate content creation and idea generation.
- Background in producing engaging, high-fidelity demo environments.
- Prior contributions to open-source communities, ideally in the Kubernetes ecosystem.
With offices in San Francisco, San Jose, Vancouver (Canada), Cork (Ireland), and London (England), we have a thriving team of diverse individuals from all over the world. We believe in a collaborative, flexible work environment based on respect for, and commitment from, every employee. We also offer a competitive compensation package along with full health, vision, and dental benefits. These benefits, coupled with an amazing team of individuals who believe in our mission and value openness, collaboration, and teamwork, make Tigera an awesome place to work.
