Software Engineering Technical Leader – Full Stack, Ruby on Rails/Python/React.js | 11+ Years | Bangalore
Meet the Team
At Cisco Meraki, our intuitive platform enables organizations of all sizes to deliver customer and employee experiences at scale. To provide best-in-class technologies to our customers, we've created an unrivaled company culture for our employees-one that is collaborative, flexible, and inclusive, providing employees with the autonomy to develop technology that's intuitive, secure, and accessible for everyone.
Our Dashboard teams build and maintain our web applications, which manage millions of network devices from our cloud. Our customers use the Meraki Dashboard to monitor and configure critical IT infrastructure that serves tens of millions of people every day.
Your Impact
As a Full Stack Software Engineer (Technical Leader), you will collaborate with firmware, backend, SRE, and dashboard engineers to architect, design, and build large-scale systems, enabling connections between over a million network devices and our products. With our large footprint, quality is our highest priority. In partnership with product managers and firmware engineers, you will construct intuitive yet powerful systems that will be used by customers via the Meraki Dashboard.
In this role, you will:
• Design and develop scalable software systems and enhance backend features.
• Collaborate with engineers from backend, SRE, dashboard, and support teams to ensure seamless integration, maintain system reliability, enhance user interfaces, and provide comprehensive support for end-users.
• Identify and address performance issues across the system.
• Follow established coding standards and contribute insights to improve team knowledge and best practices.
• Guide the junior engineers in developing the system, and mentor the junior in their career.
Minimum Qualifications
• 11+ years of experience writing production code and tests for medium to large-scale systems.
• 11+ years of experience in full stack technologies, such as Ruby on Rails, Python, Java, ReactJS, and JavaScript.
• Demonstrated ability to design efficient databases and optimize query performance in a relational database like Postgres.
• Demonstrated ownership of tasks throughout the development process, from conception to implementation, by collaborating effectively with peers and cross-functional teams.
• A keen interest in understanding user needs and contributing to product development.
• Strong communication skills to articulate ideas clearly and work effectively within a team environment.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience building cloud-based infrastructure and services (e.g., web applications).
• Experience or interest in security or networking.
• Experience with container solutions (e.g., Kubernetes).
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.
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Skills Required
- 11+ years of experience writing production code and tests for medium- to large-scale systems
- 11+ years of experience with full-stack technologies such as Ruby on Rails, Python, Java, ReactJS, and JavaScript
- Experience designing efficient databases and optimizing query performance in relational databases such as PostgreSQL
- Ability to own tasks from conception through implementation while collaborating with peers and cross-functional teams
- Interest in understanding user needs and contributing to product development
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Experience building cloud-based infrastructure and services, such as web applications
- Experience or interest in security or networking
- Experience with container solutions such as Kubernetes
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
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