Cisco

Software Engineering Technical Leader

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Durham, NC, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$152k - $308k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement high-throughput, low-latency Java services for Cisco’s CPQ and large-scale commerce systems.
  • Build and support distributed software systems with demanding availability, latency, and scalability requirements.
  • Integrate commerce platforms with billing, invoicing, tax, contracts, supply chain, and manufacturing systems.
  • Partner with product management and engineering teams to deliver customer-focused solutions.
  • Drive engineering excellence through design reviews, code reviews, performance improvements, reliability work, and improved user experiences.
  • Influence AI-assisted development practices and contribute to internal AI development accelerators.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of software development experience building web applications and integrations.
  • Experience designing and implementing high-throughput, low-latency Java 17+ services using Spring Boot or equivalent frameworks.
  • Experience building distributed systems with availability, latency, and scalability requirements.
  • Experience with Kubernetes, Jenkins, Git, Spinnaker, and Docker.
  • Practical experience with Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor, or similar agentic development tools.
  • Proficiency with MongoDB, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Kafka, and cloud-native technologies.
  • Preferred experience with reporting interfaces, data feeds, data visualizations, analytics and AI/ML technologies, RAG pipelines, semantic search, prompt libraries, custom agents, and evaluation frameworks.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contributions.
  • Paid parental leave, short- and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
  • Eligibility for Cisco restricted stock unit grants.
  • Paid holidays, birthday leave, year-end holiday shutdown, personal wellness days, vacation or flexible time off, and sick time.
  • Optional paid volunteer days and additional paid time away for critical family or emergency issues.
  • Eligibility for annual bonuses for non-sales roles.

Tech Stack

Apache CassandraApache KafkaDockerElasticsearchGitJavaJenkinsKubernetesMongoDBSpinnakerSpring Boot

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About Cisco

10,000+ employees

Cisco designs and sells networking, security, and collaboration platforms for enterprises, service providers, and governments, spanning routers and switches, Wi‑Fi, firewalls, zero‑trust, observability, and cloud-managed IT (Meraki) plus Webex. Its business model mixes hardware, software subscriptions, and support/consulting services. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Cisco is a public company traded on Nasdaq and serves customers across data centers, campuses, and service provider networks.

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