Meet the Team
Cisco ThousandEyes is a Digital Experience Assurance platform that empowers organizations to deliver flawless digital experiences across every network - even the ones they don’t own. Powered by AI and an unmatched set of cloud, internet and enterprise network telemetry data, ThousandEyes enables IT teams to proactively detect, diagnose, and remediate issues - before they impact end- user experiences.
ThousandEyes is deeply integrated across the entire Cisco technology portfolio and beyond, helping customers deploy at scale while also delivering AI-powered assurance insights within Cisco’s leading Networking, Security, Collaboration, and Observability portfolios.
The Browser Synthetics Team builds the systems customers use to create and run browser-based synthetic tests. Customers write transaction scripts, which the platform executes across a fleet of ThousandEyes agents. The ThousandEyes Recorder is a standalone application that helps customers create these tests locally.
Your Impact
As a software engineer on this team, you will build secure, scalable systems for running synthetic tests across a global fleet of ThousandEyes agents. You will help design and improve the services that schedule and execute customer-authored transaction scripts, as well as the ThousandEyes Recorder application customers use to create tests locally. Your work will help enterprise customers assess the performance and reliability of their digital experiences.
Minimum Qualifications
- Professional software development experience using Java or Go.
- Experience designing and implementing APIs in distributed software architectures.
- Experience with Git, automated testing, and continuous integration and delivery workflows.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Deep knowledge of Chromium orchestration through the Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP).
- Familiarity with container engines such as runc, crun, or podman, and programmatic management of container lifecycles.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as Codex or Claude.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively on a cross-functional team.
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
- Professional software development experience using Java or Go
- Experience designing and implementing APIs in distributed software architectures
- Experience with Git, automated testing, and continuous integration and delivery workflows
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Deep knowledge of Chromium orchestration through the Chrome DevTools Protocol
- Familiarity with container engines such as runc, crun, or podman, and programmatic management of container lifecycles
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as Codex or Claude
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively on a cross-functional team
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 — Health coverage is described as broad, with medical options including PPOs, high-deductible plans, and regional HMOs. Feedback suggests robust wellness and mental-health resources, with some locations offering on-site support and second medical opinions.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is highlighted through paid holidays, paid time off, and additional recharge days such as “Days for Me,” with generous volunteer time also mentioned. Feedback suggests these programs help support rest, volunteering, and critical life events.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental and family support appears extensive, including paid child-bonding leave, family medical leave, and caregiving resources. Observations also point to family-planning assistance and adoption or surrogacy support in some regions.
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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.
