Description
You will join Cisco's Identity Engineering organization, which is building a unified foundation for connecting, managing, and securing identity across Cisco products and diverse enterprise identity systems.
In this hands-on individual-contributor role, you will set the technical direction for the authentication and federation foundation of Cisco's identity platform.
Key responsibilities include:
- Architecture & Technical Strategy: Own the architecture and technical direction for core SSO and identity-broker capabilities.
- Identity Platform Engineering & SSO: Lead the design and development of secure, scalable SSO services, identity-broker capabilities, and APIs using Python.
- Spec-Driven Execution: Turn ambiguous business and technical needs into clear specifications, architectural designs, acceptance criteria, and executable plans.
- AI-Native Development: Establish effective practices for using AI-assisted development throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Cross-Functional Influence: Serve as a technical bridge among engineering squads, product management, and platform architecture teams.
- Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Raise engineering standards through design reviews, code reviews, technical guidance, and mentorship.
The team works on authentication, federation, and identity orchestration across heterogeneous systems, solving complex distributed-systems and cross-product integration challenges.
You will be based in Ann Arbor, MI or Austin, TX, with remote work options available.
The starting salary range for this position is $151,600.00 to $222,400.00, reflecting the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations.
Benefits 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.