Staff Software Engineer - Scalable Knowledge Graph Platform

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Kraków

Hybrid

PLN 360,000 - 480,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the MDC team within the Cisco Data Fabric strategy. You will shape architectural decisions and build scalable systems across enterprise-grade data platforms.

You will lead, mentor, and collaborate with product managers, architects, and SREs to deliver unified data catalog and knowledge graph solutions. You will drive design, implement high-throughput services, and champion engineering quality, while owning production services,

Qualifications

Bachelor's in computer science / engineering + 8 years of related experience, or Masters + 6 years of related experience, or PhD + 3 years of related experience
Distributed Systems & Cloud: Proven track record of designing, building, and deploying enterprise-grade distributed systems and cloud-native microservices in production (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Core Programming: Advanced proficiency with strong debugging and system-level programming skills in an object-oriented or systems language (e.g., Go, Java, or C++).
Containers & Orchestration: Strong hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes).
CI/CD & DevOps: Deep experience with modern CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and infrastructure-as-code practices in an Agile environment.
Engineering Fundamentals: Strong mastery of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, system design, and database principles

Responsibilities

Drive Architecture & Design: Lead the technical design, architecture, and implementation of complex, highly scalable features and microservices within the Metadata Catalog and Knowledge Graph platform.
Build Scalable Distributed Systems: Design, build, and optimize robust, low-latency, and high-throughput services that handle large-scale graph relationships and data lineage queries.
Raise the Engineering Bar: Champion engineering best practices, design reviews, code quality, and a robust Developer Owned Quality mindset across the team.
Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Guide, mentor, and coach mid-level and early-career engineers, fostering technical growth and operational rigor.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Product Managers, Architects, SREs, and peer engineering teams across Cisco Data Fabric to deliver unified solutions.
Operational Excellence: Own services in production, establishing observability standards, SLOs/SLAs, performance benchmarks, and participating in on-call rotations and post-incident reviews.