Staff Engineer: Metadata Graph & Data Lineage

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Splunk Metadata Catalog (MDC) team, part of the Cisco Data Fabric strategy. You will shape architecture and build scalable systems that power enterprise data platforms and graph relationships.

You will lead design, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment focused on high-impact technology and observability in production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 8+ years of related experience, or Master's 6+ years, or PhD 3+ years.
• Experience designing, building, and deploying enterprise-grade distributed systems and cloud-native microservices in production (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Strong object-oriented or systems language skills (Go, Java, or C++).
• Hands-on containerization and orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Deep experience with modern CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and IaC in an Agile environment.
• Strong mastery of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, system design, and DB principles.

Responsibilities

• Drive architecture, design, and implementation of scalable features and microservices in MDC & Knowledge Graph.
• Build robust, low-latency services for large-scale graph relationships and data lineage.
• Champion engineering best practices, code quality, and DevOps culture.
• Mentor mid-level and early-career engineers and promote growth.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, SREs, and other Cisco teams.
• Own services in production with observability, SLOs/SLAs, and on-call participation.

Skills

Communication & Influence

Observability & Reliability

Leadership & Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or Engineering

Master's in Computer Science or STEM

PhD in related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Neo4j

Cypher

Gremlin

GraphQL

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Splunk Metadata Catalog (MDC) team, part of the Cisco Data Fabric strategy. You will shape architecture and build scalable systems that power enterprise data platforms and graph relationships.

You will lead design, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment focused on high-impact technology and observability in production.