Staff Software Engineer, Metadata Catalog & Knowledge Graph

Cisco; Kraków; On-site; PLN 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco's MDC team in Kraków is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape architectural decisions and build scalable systems for the metadata catalog and knowledge graph platform. You will drive complex designs, own critical services, and push for excellence in production readiness.

You will mentor engineers, partner with product managers, SREs, and other Cisco Data Fabric teams to deliver unified, high-performance solutions while upholding observability, reliability, and best practices across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering with 8+ years related experience, or Master's with 6+ years, or PhD with 3+ years.
• Distributed systems & cloud: designing, building, deploying enterprise-grade distributed systems and cloud-native microservices.
• Core programming: strong skills in Go, Java, or C++ with debugging and system-level proficiency.
• Containers & orchestration: hands-on with Docker and Kubernetes.
• CI/CD & DevOps: experience with modern CI/CD, automated testing, and IaC in Agile.

Responsibilities

• Drive Architecture & Design for metadata catalog and knowledge graph features.
• Build scalable distributed systems with low latency and high throughput.
• Raise engineering bar with code quality and design reviews.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, SREs, and teams to deliver unified solutions.
• Own services in production with observability, SLOs/SLAs, and on-call involvement.

Skills

Go

Java

C++

Education

Bachelor's in CS/Engineering

Master's in CS/Engineering

PhD in related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Cisco's MDC team in Kraków is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape architectural decisions and build scalable systems for the metadata catalog and knowledge graph platform. You will drive complex designs, own critical services, and push for excellence in production readiness.

You will mentor engineers, partner with product managers, SREs, and other Cisco Data Fabric teams to deliver unified, high-performance solutions while upholding observability, reliability, and best practices across