MEET THE TEAM
Our software engineering team develops software using Cisco’s Design Thinking Principles, with simplification and Security at its core. We use secure coding practices, protect user privacy, and follow software development best practices. We are looking for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex security problems through automation, scalable software, and strong engineering practices.
We partner closely with Design, Product Management, and other teams to create solutions for our customers. Together, we bring new insights to product innovation and continuously improve how we build software for our customers!
YOUR IMPACT
In this role, you will design and develop high-quality software and help bring features from technical design through delivery. You will create technical design documentation for the team and contribute to user documentation for end users.
You will troubleshoot and resolve software issues during development and in production. You will collaborate across teams, share technical knowledge with other engineers, and help improve the quality, scalability, security, and reliability of our software.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Improve the software development lifecycle and advance protocols in agile engineering.
- Lead the design and delivery of high-quality security features that improve our products and services.
- Identify opportunities for products to work together and create greater value for customers.
- Consider market needs, product adoption, and competition when making design decisions and tracking related metrics.
- Review and test code to identify problems and improve scalability, speed, and reliability.
- Develop technical design documentation for the team and contribute to user documentation for end users.
- Resolve errors, monitor production systems, identify risks, and escalate issues when needed. You may also support on-call escalations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to capture requirements, estimate timelines, track milestones, and deliver projects that meet user requirements.
- Share knowledge across teams through presentations, documentation, blogs, newsletters, and other forums.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of related experience, Master’s degree with 3+ years of related experience, or PhD with 1+ year of related experience.
- Experience developing production software, including writing clean, functional code and unit tests.
- Experience troubleshooting and resolving software issues in development and production environments.
- Experience with code reviews, testing, and software engineering practices focused on scalability, reliability, and quality.
- Experience creating technical designs and leading software features from design through delivery.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Background leading software projects or features through implementation, testing, and delivery, and preferably experience building security products or developer-facing security tooling.
- Knowledge of production monitoring, incident response, postmortems, and root cause analysis.
- Familiarity with secure software development practices and threat modeling.
- Ability to use AI/ML or generative AI to solve security problems, such as automated threat detection, alert triage, security investigation, anomaly detection, or security workflow automation. Familiarity with LLMs, AI agents, embeddings, or other- machine-learning capabilities and their integration with production systems. Familiarity with vulnerability analysis, and vulnerability management tools and processes. Familiarity with software engineering roadmaps and integrating capabilities across products.
- Proven collaboration with Product Management, Design, Security, and engineering teams. Ability to mentor engineers and share technical knowledge.
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 with 8+ years of related experience, master's degree with 3+ years, or PhD with 1+ year
- Experience developing production software with clean, functional code and unit tests
- Experience troubleshooting and resolving software issues in development and production environments
- Experience with code reviews, testing, and software engineering practices focused on scalability, reliability, and quality
- Experience creating technical designs and leading software features from design through delivery
- Experience leading software projects or features through implementation, testing, and delivery
- Experience building security products or developer-facing security tooling
- Knowledge of production monitoring, incident response, postmortems, and root cause analysis
- Familiarity with secure software development practices and threat modeling
- Ability to use AI/ML or generative AI for security problems, including threat detection, alert triage, security investigation, anomaly detection, or workflow automation
- Familiarity with LLMs, AI agents, embeddings, machine-learning integrations, vulnerability analysis, and vulnerability management tools
- Ability to collaborate with Product Management, Design, Security, and engineering teams; mentor engineers and share technical knowledge
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.
