Meet the Team
The Forward Deployed Software Engineering (FDSE) team develops and operates SHOW Platform, which is Splunk's cloud-native solution for interactive demonstrations, technical workshops, proof-of-concepts, and hands-on lab experiences. It’s used by customers, partners, and internal engineering teams worldwide, and enables thousands of technical engagements every year by playing a critical role in helping customers experience the value of Splunk solutions.
We are a globally distributed engineering team that values ownership, technical excellence, continuous learning, and asynchronous collaboration.
Your Impact
Design, build, and evolve highly scalable cloud-native services that power the SHOW Platform and enable customers, partners, and internal teams to deliver interactive technical experiences.
Lead technical initiatives from architecture through production, making sound engineering decisions that balance scalability, maintainability, reliability, and delivery speed.
Develop resilient distributed systems using modern cloud-native patterns, event-driven architectures, and Infrastructure as Code while continuously improving platform observability, automation, and operational excellence.
Collaborate closely with Product Engineering, Solution Engineering, Customer Experience, and cross-functional Cisco teams to translate business needs into reusable, production-quality software.
Provide technical leadership through architecture discussions, code reviews, mentoring, and engineering best practices, helping raise the technical bar across the team.
Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools - including GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Codex, or similar - to improve engineering productivity while maintaining full ownership of software quality, security, and production readiness. Where appropriate, contribute to AI-powered platform capabilities using modern LLM technologies and application patterns.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
6+ years of professional experience designing, developing, and operating production-grade software systems.
Strong experience building cloud-native applications and distributed systems on public cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
Experience designing scalable APIs, asynchronous workflows, and modern software delivery pipelines using CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.
Experience using AI-assisted software development tools and modern AI APIs as part of the engineering workflow.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience building modern web applications and backend services using technologies such as JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, or comparable frameworks.
Experience with serverless architectures, event-driven systems, and cloud services such as AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, OpenSearch, or similar technologies.
Experience designing secure, highly available distributed systems with strong observability and operational excellence.
Experience building AI-enabled applications using LLMs, RAG, vector databases, AI agents, or Model Context Protocol (MCP).
Experience working in customer-facing engineering organizations, Forward Deployed Engineering, or technical consulting environments, with the ability to mentor engineers and collaborate effectively across globally distributed teams.
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 or master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 6+ years professional experience designing, developing, and operating production-grade software systems.
- Strong experience building cloud-native applications and distributed systems on public cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
- Experience designing scalable APIs, asynchronous workflows, and modern software delivery pipelines using CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.
- Experience using AI-assisted software development tools and modern AI APIs as part of the engineering workflow.
- Experience building modern web applications and backend services using JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js (preferred).
- Experience with serverless architectures, event-driven systems, and services such as AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, OpenSearch (preferred).
- Experience designing secure, highly available distributed systems with strong observability and operational excellence (preferred).
- Experience building AI-enabled applications using LLMs, RAG, vector databases, AI agents, or MCP (preferred).
- Experience working in customer-facing engineering organizations, Forward Deployed Engineering, or technical consulting, and mentoring distributed teams (preferred).
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 robust with multiple plan options and access to onsite/virtual LifeConnections Health Centers on major campuses. Company materials also highlight mental-health resources and comprehensive preventive care, supporting strong core medical benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away includes company‑wide recharge days, a paid birthday, a year‑end shutdown, and paid Critical Time Off for emergencies. Paid volunteer days further expand opportunities to step away and recharge.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies include a global minimum for paid parental leave for primary caregivers, caregiving concierge services, and on‑site children’s learning centers in select locations. In the U.S., family‑building support is consolidated under Carrot with a defined lifetime maximum, indicating structured assistance across fertility, preservation, adoption, and surrogacy.
Cisco Insights
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.
