Software Engineer

Cisco's Webex Engineering Group is redefining the future of collaboration. We're building a world where people connect effortlessly to enjoy modern, uncompromised collaboration across every room, desk, pocket, and application.

As a member of our team, your work will ensure every user gets a truly immersive experience across desktop and mobile devices, empowering the hybrid working patterns of the future.

Your Impact

• Design, build, and technically lead end-user features used by millions of people worldwide across desktop and mobile applications.
• Develop high-quality, performant application software using modern C++, including shared components and capabilities integrated into native iOS and Android experiences.
• Own the breakdown of product requirements into clear technical designs and executable tasks, delivering high-quality, maintainable solutions within an existing framework.
• Make pragmatic design decisions across shared, cross-platform code and platform-specific implementations, taking account of performance, reliability, security, accessibility, battery life, and device constraints.
• Act as a technical point of reference for the team,reviewing designs and code, guiding implementation decisions, and raising the bar for engineering quality.
• Listen to the customer and elevate their experience. CSAT, NPS, app feedback, crash data, telemetry, and quality metrics are their voice,investigate issues, identify root causes, and drive meaningful improvements.
• Partner closely with engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver consistent, intuitive experiences across platforms, balancing speed, quality, and long-term sustainability.
• Improve engineering efficiency through automation, including development tooling, test automation, CI/CD workflows, diagnostics, and mobile build and release processes.
• Enable the team to focus on complex problems by using AI tools effectively and responsibly across the development lifecycle.
• Mentor and support other engineers, fostering a culture of learning, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Bring your fun, curiosity, and personality to the team.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an analytical subject such as Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, or Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of professional software development experience or equivalent, with a strong track record of delivering production-quality software at scale.
• Strong proficiency in modern C++ or another relevant language, such as Swift, Kotlin, Java, C#, Rust, or Objective-C, along with the ability and willingness to work in and develop proficiency with modern C++.
• Experience developing customer-facing applications for at least one major platform, such as iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, or Web, and the ability to apply that expertise in a cross-platform environment.
• Strong software design and programming expertise, with the ability to make sound technical decisions and quickly learn new technologies and platforms.
• Proven ability to apply and lead a structured, scientific, and creative approach to solving complex engineering problems.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams, influencing technical direction, and communicating clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Deep commitment to software quality, including test strategy definition, code reviews, automation, observability, and continuous improvement practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional experience with modern C++, particularly in a large, long-lived, cross-platform, or performance-sensitive application codebase.
• Experience developing native mobile applications for iOS or Android using Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin, or Java.
• Experience integrating shared C++ libraries or SDKs with native mobile code, including language interoperability, APIs, build systems, debugging, and lifecycle or memory-management considerations.
• Understanding of mobile application architecture and platform conventions, including background execution, concurrency, networking, offline behaviour, permissions, accessibility, security, battery efficiency, and varying device capabilities.
• End-to-end development experience in one or more of the following areas: Languages: Modern C++, Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin, Java, Python, or TypeScript/JavaScript; Application and UI frameworks: SwiftUI, UIKit, Jetpack Compose, Android SDK, Qt, Cocoa, React Native, React, Angular, or similar; Back end and integration: Java/Spring, RESTful APIs, WebSockets, distributed systems, push notifications, or API design.
• Experience using mobile diagnostics and product data,such as crash reports, performance traces, logs, telemetry, or app-quality metrics,to identify root causes and guide improvements.
• Experience with mobile build, signing, packaging, automated testing, staged rollout, and release processes, including App Store or Google Play delivery.
• Experience leading or significantly contributing to system design, architecture discussions, and technical decision-making.
• Strong experience with unit, integration, UI, and end-to-end testing, including contract testing and automation in CI pipelines across desktop or mobile platforms.
• Experience creating automation using Python or a similar scripting language for tooling, testing, builds, diagnostics, data analysis, or operational workflows.
• Practical experience or strong interest in AI-assisted development, including the use of LLM-based tools for scaffolding, refactoring, test generation, debugging, and improving developer productivity,with clear ownership of validated, production-ready code.
• Familiarity with Git, DevOps practices, continuous integration, and continuous delivery.
• Experience developing or optimising applications across iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, or Web platforms.