Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead – C++ | Objective-C | VoIP & Collaboration Platforms | macOS/iOS | Mobile & Desktop Applications(G10) (8 - 12 Years))
Meet the Team
Cisco's Collaboration Business Unit is redefining how people connect and collaborate through industry-leading communication solutions. Our engineering teams build highly scalable calling platforms and collaboration technologies that power millions of users worldwide through Webex and Cisco Collaboration products.
You will join a global team of engineers responsible for designing and delivering next-generation calling experiences. Working closely with architects, product managers, quality engineers, and platform teams, you'll help shape both technical strategy and execution while leveraging AI-assisted development to accelerate innovation and engineering excellence.
Your Impact
As a Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead, you will drive the design and development of critical calling and communication capabilities across Cisco's collaboration portfolio.
You will lead complex technical initiatives, influence architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and champion modern AI-assisted development practices. This role provides an opportunity to solve large-scale engineering challenges while shaping the future of real-time communication technologies.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead the design, development, and optimization of large-scale calling and collaboration applications using C++ and Objective-C.
• Drive technical architecture discussions and contribute to long-term platform strategy.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity, software quality, and development efficiency.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Architecture, QA, SRE, Support, and global engineering teams to deliver robust communication solutions.
• Lead design reviews, code reviews, technical investigations, and root cause analyses for complex system issues.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and promote engineering best practices across the team.
• Drive improvements in performance, scalability, reliability, observability, and maintainability.
• Champion CI/CD, automated testing, developer productivity, and operational excellence initiatives.
Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience with expert-level C++ development skills.
• Strong experience building commercial software applications using C++ and Objective-C.
• Experience designing distributed systems, communication platforms, or large-scale software applications.
• Experience utilizing AI-assisted coding tools to improve development efficiency and engineering workflows.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience building real-time communication, collaboration, VoIP, or calling platforms.
• Strong knowledge of SIP, XMPP, WebSockets, REST APIs, networking fundamentals, and telephony systems.
• Experience with Cocoa Frameworks, Qt Widgets, macOS, and mobile application development.
• Experience leading technical initiatives and mentoring engineers in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and presentation skills with the ability to influence technical decisions across organizations.
Why Cisco?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 in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 8+ years of professional software development experience.
- Expert-level C++ development skills.
- Strong experience building commercial software applications using C++ and Objective-C.
- Experience designing distributed systems, communication platforms, or large-scale software applications.
- Experience utilizing AI-assisted coding tools to improve development efficiency and engineering workflows.
- Experience building real-time communication, collaboration, VoIP, or calling platforms.
- Strong knowledge of SIP, XMPP, WebSockets, REST APIs, networking fundamentals, and telephony systems.
- Experience with Cocoa Frameworks, Qt Widgets, macOS, and mobile application development.
- Experience leading technical initiatives and mentoring engineers in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and presentation skills.
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 — Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, mental health support via an EAP, and access to on-site or virtual health centers indicate robust healthcare offerings. Wellness programs, fitness resources, and specialized services further reinforce coverage depth.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, a global minimum for paid parental leave, and unique programs like company-wide recharge days and paid volunteer time expand time-away options. Additional offerings such as Critical Time Off and adoption assistance add flexibility for life events.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Restricted stock units and a discounted employee stock purchase plan are meaningful elements of total compensation. The prominence of equity can materially augment overall pay packages alongside salary and bonuses.
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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.
