Design and build scalable developer platforms: Develop backend services, APIs, tools, and frameworks using Go and Python to simplify service development, onboarding, and deployment across multi-tenant Kubernetes environments.
Advance cloud-native infrastructure: Build and enhance platform capabilities that support workloads across AWS, GCP, Azure, and on-premises environments, improving deployment automation, consistency, and scalability.
Improve developer productivity: Collaborate with engineering teams to identify common development and deployment challenges, create reusable solutions, and reduce the time and effort required to bring new services into production.
Drive technical excellence and reliability: Contribute to architecture discussions, technical design documents, code reviews, testing, and production troubleshooting. Participate in a scheduled, compensated on-call rotation to support platform reliability and continuous improvement.
Collaborate and influence engineering practices: Partner with cross-functional engineering teams, contribute to technical roadmaps, mentor fellow engineers, and explore AI-assisted development tools and automation to improve engineering workflows and productivity.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of related experience, Master’s degree with 4+ years of related experience, or PhD with 1+ year of related experience.
4+ years of experience developing backend software using Go (Golang) or Python, including designing, implementing, and maintaining production services or infrastructure tooling.
Experience working with Kubernetes, including deploying, configuring, or troubleshooting containerized applications in production environments.
Experience developing or maintaining distributed systems, internal developer platforms, or shared infrastructure tooling used by multiple services or engineering team.
Experience working with at least one public cloud platform (AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Microsoft Azure), including deploying or operating cloud-based applications or infrastructure.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience developing backend applications, automation, or infrastructure tooling using Python.
Experience building reusable developer frameworks, self-service tooling, CI/CD pipelines, or infrastructure automation to improve developer productivity and service onboarding.
Experience with networking concepts, service-to-service communication, databases, or storage technologies in distributed and cloud-native environments.
Experience using AI-assisted development tools or automation to support software development, testing, troubleshooting, or other stages of the software development lifecycle.
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.
Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada
The starting salary range posted for this position is $139,300.00 to $203,600.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.
Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:
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, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:
.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and
Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.
For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:
New York City Metro Area
$167,700.00 - $282,000.00
Non-Metro New York state & Washington state
$149,100.00 - $250,900.00
For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.
Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.
