Backend Engineer, AI-Powered Microservices

Cisco Systems; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Cisco Systems is seeking a Software Engineer for its Webex Engineering Group. Based in Krakow with a hybrid work model, you will contribute to backend services within a microservices architecture, collaborating with senior engineers to build scalable features and improve operational excellence across the global partner network.

The role emphasizes design, implementation, and maintenance of software features, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and learning new technologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience (or equivalent internship/project experience).
• Foundational knowledge of backend development and production environments.
• Solid understanding of software development and architecture concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain backend features and product improvements for microservices.
• Contribute to distributed, highly available microservice architectures.
• Participate in full software development lifecycle including design, code reviews, and testing.
• Improve system performance, reliability, and observability by resolving issues.
• Collaborate with engineers, product management, and SRE/DevOps teams.
• Learn from production issues through postmortems and continuous learning.

Skills

Java

Node.js

JavaScript

Python

Spring

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Kafka

Git

DevOps

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

AI coding tools (Codex, Cursor, Copilot)

Job description

Cisco Systems is seeking a Software Engineer for its Webex Engineering Group. Based in Krakow with a hybrid work model, you will contribute to backend services within a microservices architecture, collaborating with senior engineers to build scalable features and improve operational excellence across the global partner network.

The role emphasizes design, implementation, and maintenance of software features, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and learning new technologies.