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Senior Backend Software Developer

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2 days ago
Delta, CanadaSenior

Base Salary

$130k - $181k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead technical strategy and execution across multiple teams and backend or platform product areas for cloud and on-premises deployments.
  • Own the technical roadmap and architectural integrity of backend services and data-processing workflows.
  • Develop scalable, performant, reliable, secure, and maintainable distributed systems and backend software.
  • Improve engineering practices through documentation, code review, secure coding, testing, observability, architecture standards, and CI/CD practices.
  • Partner with Product Management, UX, Architects, cross-functional teams, and customers to resolve complex production issues and deliver security-focused platform capabilities.
  • Mentor engineers and lead design sessions and architecture reviews.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of experience or master’s degree with 4+ years of experience.
  • Experience developing software for distributed systems, databases, or query optimization.
  • Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Experience programming in Python or Go/Golang.
  • Experience using AI tools such as Claude or Codex to improve development and testing efficiency.
  • Preferred: backend coding and system design experience, production software experience, performance benchmarking with WPT, search or data-processing experience, and experience with query execution or Splunk Query Language (SPL).

Benefits

  • Salary range of $130,400.00 to $181,400.00 for U.S. and/or Canada locations, excluding incentive compensation, equity, and benefits.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) matching; paid parental leave; short- and long-term disability coverage; and basic life insurance, subject to eligibility.
  • Potential Cisco restricted stock unit grants.
  • Paid holidays, birthday leave, year-end shutdown, personal wellness days, vacation or flexible vacation, sick time, family emergency leave, and optional paid volunteer days.
  • Eligibility for annual bonuses for non-sales roles.
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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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