Senior Software Engineer - ThousandEyes

624 Cisco International Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco ThousandEyes is seeking a Software Engineer to design, build, test, and operate near real time data streaming solutions. You will develop APIs within distributed architectures and integrate AI tools, while ensuring secure, observable backend services.

Join a team that handles large scale telemetry, collaborates on architectural evolution, and strives for reliable, maintainable systems in a modern cloud environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in CS/SE.
• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience building real-time data processing pipelines.
• Experience designing and implementing APIs in distributed systems.
• Experience with Git, automated testing, Kubernetes, and CI/CD workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and operate near real time data streaming-based solutions.
• Develop agentic workflows, reusable skills, tool integrations, and orchestration capabilities.
• Integrate AI tools with source control, CI/CD systems, issue trackers, and documentation platforms.
• Build backend services, MCP and APIs that are secure, observable, and maintainable.
• Apply large scale data processing to real time streaming telemetry across domains.
• Contribute to technical design discussions and evolve the AI development platform; improve processes.

Skills

Python

Java

Go

API design

Distributed systems

Git

Automated testing

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kafka Streams

ClickHouse

Flink

Kosmos

Codex

Claude

Job description

Meet the Team

Cisco ThousandEyes is a Digital Assurance platform that empowers organizations to deliver flawless digital experiences across every network – even the ones they don’t own. Powered by AI and an unmatched set of cloud, internet and enterprise network telemetry data, ThousandEyes enables IT teams to proactively detect, diagnose, and remediate issues – before they impact end- user experiences. ThousandEyes is deeply integrated across the entire Cisco technology portfolio and beyond, helping customers deploy at scale while also delivering AI-powered assurance insights within Cisco’s leading Networking, Security, Collaboration, and Observability portfolios.

Your Impact As a Software Engineer you will:

• Design, build, test, and operate near real time data streaming-based (Spark/Flink) solutions for some of the largest Networking customers in the world.
• Develop agentic workflows, reusable skills, tool integrations, and orchestration capabilities.
• Integrate AI tools with source control, CI/CD systems, issue trackers, documentation platforms, and internal developer environments.
• Build backend services, MCP and APIs that are secure, observable, reliable, and easy to maintain.
• Apply large scale data processing to real time streaming telemetry across various domains.
• Contribute to technical design discussions and help evolve the architecture of our AI development platform.
• Improve engineering processes, documentation, and operational practices across the team.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Professional software development experience using Python, Java, or Go.
• Experience designing, building, testing, and operating real-time data processing pipelines.
• Experience designing and implementing APIs within distributed software architectures.
• Experience with Git, automated testing, Kubernetes, and continuous integration and delivery workflow.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep knowledge and interest in real-time data processing with technologies such as Kafka Streams, ClickHouse, Flink, and similar.
• Familiarity with relational, document-based, or vector datastores.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as Kosmos, Codex, or Claude.
• Understanding of containers and modern cloud deployment practices.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a cross-functional team.

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. Cisconians power the future. We make impact as a team, innovating fast and fearlessly to create meaningful solutions on a large scale. The depth and breadth of our technology doesn't just benefit our customers – it also means limitless opportunities for us to experiment and learn. We understand the power each of our unique backgrounds bring when we work together. Because of that, we have a global network of thinkers, doers, experts, and curious creators who help one another do their life’s best work.