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Senior Software Engineer (Hybrid)

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7 days ago
San Jose, CA, USASenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$168k - $245k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable, secure, and resilient components of the Common Services Platform and related solutions.
  • Partner with Product Management on requirements, effort estimation, sprint planning, and quarterly planning.
  • Collaborate across teams to deliver end-to-end functionality and align integrations and infrastructure.
  • Develop proofs of concept and prototypes to validate technical approaches and performance.
  • Mentor junior engineers through design reviews, best-practice sharing, and career support.
  • Influence system design and guide implementation for high-quality, timely delivery at scale.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree plus 7 years of related experience, or Master's degree plus 4 years, or PhD plus 1 year of experience designing, developing, and deploying enterprise software in production environments.
  • At least 5 years of experience developing, deploying, and managing large-scale cloud-native web applications and microservices using Golang, Terraform, and serverless technologies including AWS Lambda, AppSync, and ECS/EKS.
  • At least 3 years of experience building event-driven systems with message or streaming platforms such as Kafka, SQS, or SNS.
  • Experience integrating AI/ML solutions into software workflows.
  • Preferred experience with graph algorithms and hierarchical or recursive data structures in production systems.
  • Preferred experience with clean or layered service architectures and ORM frameworks such as GORM.
  • Ability to translate difficult problems into solutions and communicate clearly across cross-functional and distributed teams.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for eligible U.S. employees.
  • 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
  • Potential Cisco restricted stock unit grants and annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to company policies.
  • Paid holidays, floating holiday, birthday and year-end shutdown days, wellness days, vacation or flexible time off, sick time, family emergency 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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