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Base Salary
$187k - $268k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead technical strategy and execution for multiple teams and backend/platform product areas across cloud and on-prem deployments.
- Own the technical roadmap and architectural integrity of backend services and data-processing workflows.
- Lead design sessions and architecture reviews and establish standards for documentation, code review, secure coding, testing, observability, and CI/CD practices.
- Partner with Product Management, UX, architects, cross-functional teams, and customers to resolve complex production issues and deliver security platform capabilities.
- Mentor engineers and build deep knowledge of product architecture, deployment models, and real-world operating environments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of experience or a master’s degree with 6+ years of experience.
- Experience developing software for distributed systems, databases, or query optimization.
- Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Experience with Python or Go/Golang.
- Experience using AI tools such as Claude or Codex to improve development and testing efficiency.
- Backend coding and system design experience.
- Preferred: experience writing production-released code; performance benchmarking with tools such as WPT; search technologies, data processing, or query execution; and Splunk Query Language (SPL).
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring three days per week onsite at the San Jose Santana Row Cisco office.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) with Cisco matching contribution; paid parental leave; disability coverage; and basic life insurance, subject to plan eligibility.
- Eligibility for Cisco restricted stock unit grants and annual bonuses for non-sales roles.
- Paid holidays, birthday leave, year-end shutdown, personal wellness days, vacation or flexible time off, sick time, family emergency leave, and optional paid volunteer days.
About Cisco
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.