Meet the Team
We’re a team in Developer Observability, focused on giving engineers the tools and insights they need to ship faster and smarter. Our work supports teams across the organization by improving decision-making and development workflows. We operate as a distributed team across the US and Poland.
Your Impact
We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join our engineering team and help design, build, and maintain high-quality, scalable systems and data pipelines. You will play a key role in setting engineering standards and driving best practices across the team.
What You’ll Get to Do
Contribute to end-to-end system design and participate in technical and architectural decisions.
Build, maintain, and optimize Python-based services, engineering tools, and data pipelines.
Work with data across the full lifecycle, including data extraction, transformation and delivery.
Develop and maintain workflow orchestration using Apache Airflow including pipeline testing, monitoring, and reliability.
Work with Snowflake as a data platform and dbt.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, and environment automation.
Containerize and deploy applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
Actively adopt and contribute to AI-assisted engineering and testing practices, using AI to improve development workflows, automation, and engineering productivity.
Follow and contribute to engineering standards for code quality, testing, documentation, and development best practices.
Collaborate with engineers, data teams, and stakeholders to design and deliver reliable, scalable solutions.
What You’ll Bring
Bachelor’s degree + 3 years of related experience, or Master’s degree + 2 years of related experience.
Hands-on experience with Python, including OOP, error handling, REST API integrations, and clean code practices.
Good understanding of SQL and data engineering fundamentals.
Familiarity with AI tools and technologies, with an interest in using AI to improve engineering workflows, automate repetitive tasks, and increase developer productivity.
Solid understanding of Git and modern software development workflows.
Experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines, preferably using GitLab CI.
Good engineering fundamentals, including system design concepts, technical documentation, and architecture diagrams.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, including participating in code reviews and working effectively with engineers and stakeholders.
Nice to Have
Working knowledge of AWS services, such as IAM, S3, Glue, Athena, and MWAA/Airflow.
Experience with cloud data platforms such as Snowflake or Redshift.
Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Splunk, or OpenTelemetry.
Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes.
Experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code (IaC).
Experience in developer productivity engineering, including improving engineering tooling and workflows and supporting the full software development lifecycle (SDLC).
At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.
We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree and 3 years of related experience, or a master's degree and 2 years of related experience
- Hands-on Python experience, including object-oriented programming, error handling, REST API integrations, and clean code practices
- Understanding of SQL and data engineering fundamentals
- Familiarity with AI tools and technologies
- Understanding of Git and modern software development workflows
- Experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines, preferably with GitLab CI
- Understanding of system design concepts, technical documentation, and architecture diagrams
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, including code reviews and stakeholder collaboration
- Working knowledge of AWS services such as IAM, S3, Glue, Athena, and MWAA/Airflow
- Experience with Snowflake or Redshift
- Familiarity with Prometheus, Splunk, or OpenTelemetry
- Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code
- Experience in developer productivity engineering and supporting the full software development lifecycle
Cisco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cisco and has not been reviewed or approved by Cisco.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, with medical, dental, vision, mental-health resources, and expert second-opinion services. These offerings are positioned as a core pillar of the Total Rewards package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is portrayed as expansive, with quarterly company-wide “Days for Me,” paid holidays and vacation, volunteer time, emergency leave, and a year-end shutdown in many locations. This breadth helps employees disconnect and recharge.
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Parental & Family Support — Family support is emphasized through extended paid parental leave for primary caregivers, caregiving assistance, adoption support, and resources for parents and caregivers. These programs are presented as global offerings, with specifics determined locally.
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What We Do
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections--whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible--providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 71,000 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies such as home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security, storage area networking, and wireless technology. In addition to its products, Cisco provides a broad range of service offerings, including technical support and advanced services. Cisco sells its products and services, both directly through its own sales force as well as through its channel partners, to large enterprises, commercial businesses, service providers, and consumers.
