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From the employer's careers site First seen 11 Nov 2026

Software Engineer - AI-Driven Backbone

Salary

$149,100 to $218,100 per year

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Description

Join Cisco to design and deliver the AI-driven backbone of Cisco Cloud Control. You will work across multiple stacks and domains to build integrations and features that power the next generation of Cisco's global platform.

Your Impact

  • Design and implement both functional and non-functional features.
  • Lead by example: mentor and coach junior developers.
  • Drive advanced product integrations and AI-native solutions across Cisco's product portfolio.
  • Work across multiple back-end technologies: Go, Java, Node, React, and TypeScript.
  • Collaborate with frontend and infrastructure teams to ensure end-to-end delivery.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 7+ years of relevant full stack development experience.
  • Experience designing and operating distributed, cloud-native systems, including APIs and microservices.
  • Experience with AWS and monitoring/observability tools (ELK, Splunk, Datadog).
  • Experience with SQL, NoSQL, queues, and event-driven architectures.
  • Experience integrating AI capabilities into production software, with an agentic-first work methodology and up-to-date knowledge of AI tools.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience building modern web applications and UI architectures, with a solid foundation in frontend technologies.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, and modern software development practices.
  • Experience building software factories.
  • Experience building secure, multi-tenant platforms.
  • Experience leading geographically distributed, full-stack engineering teams.
  • Strong written and verbal English communication skills, with proven cross-functional collaboration.
  • A pragmatic, resilient, and delivery-focused mindset.
  • A perpetual learner with a growth mindset.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution
  • Paid parental leave
  • Short and long-term disability coverage
  • Basic life insurance
  • Paid time away (10 paid holidays, 1 floating holiday, 1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness)
  • 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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Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • CI/CD pipelines
  • DevOps
  • modern software development practices
  • software factories
  • secure multi-tenant platforms
  • frontend technologies

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