Senior Staff Software Engineer

Cisco

Senior Staff Software Engineer developing software solutions at Cisco. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and improve software development processes in a complex business environment.

Posted 7/19/2026full-timeRemote • New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $210,600 - $305,100 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Expertise in leading software development lifecycle and agile engineering strategies, with a strong focus on issue identification, sustainable response, and continuous improvement for production systems. Proven ability to influence technical direction and drive product success through metrics and stakeholder engagement.

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Software Development LifecycleAgile Engineering StrategiesIssue Identification ProcessesContinuous Improvement for Production SystemsStakeholder Relationship Management

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Hard Skills

Software DevelopmentTechnical DesignClean Code StandardsMetrics DevelopmentProduct Adoption Strategies

Soft Skills

LeadershipMentoringCommunicationNegotiationProblem Solving

Tools & Technologies

Splunk

Industry Keywords

CiscoBusiness StrategyTechnical VisionDesign PatternsPerformance Optimization

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Splunk

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Recognized as an expert within Cisco.
Proactively identifies and participates in the resolution of complex problems that impact the direction of the business.
Develops and delivers innovative strategies that benefit customers and/or clients.
Leads major business projects which impact a region or entire function.
Contributes to the development of annual organizational objectives/priorities.
Builds and maintains long-term relationships with key stakeholders to ensure products and services reflect the needs and direction of the business.
Translates and influences the regional or functional strategic vision into a technical vision with clear engineering priorities, ensuring understanding and alignment across teams.
May lead projects that span the business segment, function or region.
May drive large features from technical design through completion.
Leads the development and implementation of software development lifecycle and agile engineering strategies across applicable teams in anticipation of the changing software development environment.
Influences technical direction and deliverables across the function.
Recognizes and makes trade-offs with respect to the whole system and defines new product categories.
Leads design choices within the context of all Cisco offerings.
Drives product success through creating metrics and influencing product adoption and direction.
Writes and sets the standard for functional clean code.
Develops and drives utilization and support for processes for issue identification and sustainable response, proactive tooling, and continuous improvement for production systems.
Industry or thought leader on scale, performance, or design patterns.
May represent or present team outputs at external events.
Communicates product or program priorities, deadlines, and shifts in requirements in the context of engineering priorities and user needs.
Negotiates and drives trade-offs in timing, design, and specifications to meet the needs of users and cross-functional partners.
Leads, mentors, and influences senior engineers.
Improves knowledge sharing processes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelors + 12 years of related experience, or Masters + 8 years of related experience, or PhD + 5 years of related experience
7+ years developing and driving processes for issue identification and sustainable response, proactive tooling, and continuous improvement for production Splunk systems

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental and vision insurance
a 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 for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
flexible vacation time off program
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
potential annual bonuses