Software Engineer, Backend

Cisco

Software Engineer responsible for developing and maintaining platforms for Cisco's services. Involved in building scalable software solutions for data-driven decisions within the company.

Posted 6/26/2026full-timeRemote • California, Oklahoma • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $152,500 - $219,200 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

C++Distributed SystemsGrafanaKubernetesLinuxMySQLPostgresPrometheusPythonRustScalaSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop, scale, and maintain the platforms and services sustaining several Cisco services and data platforms
Design, build, ship, analyze, and maintain scalable, distributed, enterprise software solutions
Build and maintain backend components using C++ in a Linux environment
Focus on increasing reliability, performance, scalability, testability, maintainability, observability, and developer experience
Work with various groups within Cisco to understand data requirements and requests

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience analyzing, scaling, troubleshooting, and debugging distributed systems
Experience developing software using C++11 or newer standards
Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines (GitLab or GitHub) and deploying applications using containerization and Kubernetes
Experience designing and querying relational databases using SQL (PostgreSQL or MySQL)
Experience utilizing automated testing frameworks and LLM-based coding assistants within the software development lifecycle
Programming experience in Rust, Scala, Python (preferred)
Experience with observability tooling such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana (preferred)
Experience with feature flagging tools such as Launch Darkly (preferred)
Experience maintaining database software (preferred)
Experience or willingness to work in an agile environment (Scrum, Kanban, etc.) (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental and vision insurance
401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
Paid parental leave
Short and long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
Paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year for non-exempt employees
Flexible vacation time off program for exempt employees
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
Annual bonuses for non-sales roles
Performance-based incentive pay for sales roles

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Hard Skills & Tools

C++C++11LinuxCI/CDGitLabGitHubKubernetesSQLPostgreSQLMySQL

Soft Skills

reliabilityperformancescalabilitytestabilitymaintainabilityobservabilitydeveloper experiencetroubleshootingdebuggingagile