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Technical Lead, Backend (Identity Engineering) - Remote

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5 days ago
Remote, United States or Ann Arbor, MI, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$152k - $222k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead architecture and development of entitlements management, provisioning systems, and end-to-end Identity Platform customer lifecycle workflows.
  • Build scalable user experiences and secure frontend applications for Identity Platform users.
  • Influence software engineering roadmaps and architectural decisions focused on security, scalability, and reliability.
  • Collaborate with product management, architecture teams, and cross-functional partners to align delivery trade-offs and outcomes.
  • Lead and mentor engineers, improve technical designs, and advocate for customer-focused features.
  • Apply software development lifecycle and agile engineering strategies across teams and partners.
  • Use AI-assisted development practices to deliver business outcomes.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree plus 8 years of related experience, master’s degree plus 6 years, or PhD plus 3 years of related experience.
  • Experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture.
  • Experience coding in Python or other modern programming languages with asynchronous programming patterns.
  • Experience with React and TypeScript, including reactive state management, modern build tooling, and component architecture at scale.
  • Experience building secure frontend applications and micro-frontends for integration into a broader platform.
  • Preferred: 8 or more years of professional software engineering experience, including 3 or more years in a technical leadership role.
  • Preferred: experience building REST APIs with OpenAPI/Swagger specifications and code generation workflows.
  • Preferred: experience delivering quality software through automated testing, continuous delivery, and agile methodologies.
  • Preferred: knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, WebAuthn/FIDO2, and mTLS.
  • Preferred: understanding of web-development security best practices.

Benefits

  • Remote within the U.S., with a strong preference for the Ann Arbor, Michigan or Austin, Texas areas and/or Eastern and Central time zones.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) with Cisco matching contribution; paid parental leave; short- and long-term disability coverage; and basic life insurance, subject to plan eligibility.
  • Potential eligibility for Cisco restricted stock unit grants.
  • Paid holidays, floating holiday, birthday leave, year-end shutdown, personal wellness days, vacation or flexible time off, sick time, and family emergency leave, subject to applicable policies.
  • Optional 10 paid volunteer days per year.
  • Annual bonus eligibility for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies.
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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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