Senior Software Engineer - Knowledge Graph & Data Lineage

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Kraków; On-site; PLN 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Splunk MDC team, part of the Cisco Data Fabric strategy. You will shape architectural decisions and build scalable, enterprise-grade data platform components, delivering high-impact features in a fast-paced environment.

You will contribute to end-to-end feature delivery, drive performance, reliability, and post-incident reviews, while mentoring engineers and collaborating with architects across distributed teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in computer science / related field + 6 years of related experience, or Master's + 3 years of related experience
• Strong hands-on proficiency in Go, Java, or C++, with production-grade services experience
• Experience building cloud-native microservices with Docker and Kubernetes
• Solid grasp of distributed systems, RESTful/gRPC APIs, and data structures
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing in Agile environments
• Proven ability to diagnose performance bottlenecks in distributed systems

Responsibilities

• Own development and implementation of complex, high-impact features within the Metadata Catalog platform
• Collaborate on system architecture with technical leaders to design modular, scalable components
• Build scalable, high-performance services for large-scale graph relationships and data lineage
• Champion quality with comprehensive unit, integration, and performance tests
• Take ownership of production services, participate in on-call rotations, and lead post-incident reviews
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and design discussions

Skills

Go

Java

C++

Cloud platforms

Docker

Kubernetes

REST/gRPC

CI/CD

Agile

Performance optimization

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field

Master's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Splunk MDC team, part of the Cisco Data Fabric strategy. You will shape architectural decisions and build scalable, enterprise-grade data platform components, delivering high-impact features in a fast-paced environment.

You will contribute to end-to-end feature delivery, drive performance, reliability, and post-incident reviews, while mentoring engineers and collaborating with architects across distributed teams.