Cisco

Senior Software Engineer (Remote)

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San Jose, CA, USASenior
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Base Salary

$168k - $245k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and deliver secure, scalable Automation and Response capabilities for security-event investigation and response.
  • Own complex features from design and implementation through release readiness and production support.
  • Build observable, reliable, supportable, and safe-to-deploy systems.
  • Resolve customer escalations and security issues and participate in rotating production on-call duties.
  • Use AI-assisted development and automation to improve engineering speed, testing, and troubleshooting.
  • Guide technical decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product managers and cross-functional teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree plus 7 years of related experience, master’s degree plus 4 years, or PhD plus 2 years.
  • Applied programming experience in Python, Go, or C++.
  • Experience designing, delivering, and supporting reliable production software, including cloud services.
  • Experience with distributed systems, asynchronous processing, and performance troubleshooting.
  • Experience with automated testing, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized delivery models such as Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Preferred experience with Django, Flask, JavaScript, React, Linux systems, networking, enterprise deployments, security operations, SIEM, Automation and Response, or Splunk integrations.
  • Preferred familiarity with FedRAMP, SOC 2, or FIPS requirements.
  • Ability to own complex technical initiatives and design decisions autonomously while partnering with engineers and product managers.

Benefits

  • Remote position open to candidates located within the United States; candidates in San Jose or San Francisco are requested to work onsite a few days per week.
  • Starting salary range is $167,700 to $245,200, with location-specific ranges listed in the posting; compensation figures are excluded from benefit details.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) with Cisco matching; paid parental leave; short- and long-term disability; and basic life insurance.
  • Potential eligibility for Cisco restricted stock units and annual bonuses for non-sales roles.
  • Paid holidays, floating and birthday holidays, year-end shutdown, wellness days, vacation or flexible vacation, sick time, emergency family leave, and optional paid volunteer days.

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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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