Software Engineer – Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Meet the Team
You will join the Platform as a Service (PaaS) team, the backbone of our digital infrastructure. We manage a diverse ecosystem of platforms, including API Gateways like Mule and Mashery, messaging systems like Kafka, and other middleware systems. As a member of this team, you will help build and enhance internal platform capabilities that enable development teams to onboard, operate, and monitor services efficiently.
Your Impact
You will contribute across the full-stack lifecycle of our platform offerings. From implementing user-facing platform portals and dashboards to building backend services that support our middleware platforms, your work will directly improve developer experience and platform reliability. You will collaborate with senior engineers and cross-functional partners to deliver high-quality features, follow engineering best practices, and grow your skills in cloud-native platform development.
- Full Stack Development: Build and enhance platform portals and dashboards using modern frontend frameworks (React or Angular) and backend services (Python and/or Go), delivering intuitive experiences for internal platform consumers.
- Backend Services: Develop and maintain REST APIs and microservices that support platform workflows, integrations, and operational tooling.
- Platform Support: Contribute to PaaS offerings including API Gateways (Mashery, Mule) and Kafka-based messaging, working within established architecture and standards.
- Operational Excellence: Participate in CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Argo CD, and Argo Workflows, and support Kubernetes-based deployments.
- Quality & Collaboration: Write clean, testable code, participate in code reviews, and work closely with infrastructure, SRE, and engineering teams.
- Production Support: Assist with troubleshooting, defect resolution, and on-call support for platform services as needed.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 3+ years of software engineering experience with hands-on full-stack development across frontend and backend technologies.
- Experience building web applications using React or Angular, with solid understanding of JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
- Proficiency in Python and/or Go for backend service development, including REST API design and implementation.
- Experience working with relational or document databases such as PostgreSQL or MongoDB.
- Familiarity with CI/CD practices and containerized deployments (e.g., Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes).
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with platform engineering, API Gateways (e.g., Mashery, Mule), or messaging systems (Kafka).
- Exposure to AI/ML or GenAI tooling (e.g., LLMs, LangChain, RAG, or automation for operational workflows).
- Experience with observability, monitoring, and debugging production distributed systems.
- Understanding of microservices architecture, event-driven design, and cloud-native patterns.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in a collaborative, global team environment.
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.
Disclaimer
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Skills Required
- 3+ years of software engineering experience with hands-on full-stack development
- Experience building web applications with React or Angular
- Understanding of JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, and CSS
- Proficiency in Python and/or Go for backend service development
- Experience designing and implementing REST APIs
- Experience with relational or document databases such as PostgreSQL or MongoDB
- Familiarity with CI/CD practices and containerized deployments, including Jenkins, Docker, or Kubernetes
- Experience with platform engineering, API gateways, or messaging systems such as Kafka
- Exposure to AI/ML or generative AI tooling, including LLMs, LangChain, RAG, or operational automation
- Experience with observability, monitoring, and debugging production distributed systems
- Understanding of microservices architecture, event-driven design, and cloud-native patterns
- Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in a collaborative, global team environment
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.
Cisco Insights
What We Do
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