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From the employer's careers site First seen 26 Oct 2026

Software Engineer

Cisco Boulder, Colorado Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$139,300 to $203,600 per year

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Description

The Edge Processor Team at Cisco serves as the foundational engine of the Splunk Integrated Data Platform, architecting and maintaining high-throughput pipelines that process petabytes of data on the customer’s edge environment. This role offers a unique opportunity to solve complex distributed systems challenges at a scale unmatched in the industry.

Your Impact

  • Leading the end-to-end delivery of complex projects that span multiple months, including the complete software development cycle
  • Setting technical vision for the team, including improving processes and providing coding and design guidelines
  • Identifying and resolving pre-production system bottlenecks and production issues
  • Engaging in design and code reviews of the product
  • Making code maintainable and the product diagnosable and serviceable
  • Participating in rotating on-call duties to diagnose and solve customer issues

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field and 7+ years of experience in backend software development
  • Experience with Go or C++ programming language, and working with concurrency models and memory management
  • Experience architecting, deploying, and scaling high-volume data processing pipeline systems
  • Experience with high-performance data paths in streaming ingestion systems

Preferred Qualifications

  • Familiarity and experience with observability platforms using Open Telemetry
  • Infrastructure experience with Kubernetes and on-premise deployments
  • Ability to influence technical strategy and align stakeholders across multiple teams and organizational levels

Benefits

  • 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
  • Paid time away, including holidays, vacation time, and sick time

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • Open Telemetry
  • Kubernetes
  • observability platforms

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://cisco.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Cisco_Careers/job/Boulder-Colorado-US/Software-Engineer_2028122

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