Backend Systems Engineer – Distributed Microservices

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 156,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/dental/vision insurance

401(k) with match

Paid parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Paid time off

Stock/equity grants eligibility

Job summary

You will join Cisco's Webex Signaling team as a backend software engineer focused on distributed systems, reliability, and scale. You’ll design and implement cloud-native microservices, emphasize DevOps, and apply AI-assisted development tools across the lifecycle, collaborating with globally distributed teams.

The role emphasizes ownership, strong fundamentals, and curiosity about AI-enabled practices while delivering high-quality software at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of professional software development experience with Java.
• 2+ years of experience with Spring and Spring Boot.
• 2+ years of backend software engineering experience.
• 2+ years experience participating in the software development lifecycle, including design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.
• 1+ years experience in leveraging AI tools to increase productivity and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Build and contribute to technical designs and implementation in a development team that practices CI/CD.
• Develop cloud-native microservices deployed on Kubernetes and similar platforms.
• Make DevOps a primary concern by ensuring services are reliable, scalable, secure, manageable, and supportable.
• Enhance telemetry systems to enable analytics, observability, and continuous improvement.
• Use Cisco-approved AI-assisted software engineering tools throughout the software development lifecycle and validate AI-generated outputs for correctness and security.
• Serve as a gatekeeper for high-quality code, designs, architecture, and scalable approaches.
• Create alignment across product teams and architectural decisions.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Backend development

SDLC

AI tools

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS/Software Eng or equivalent

Tools

Cassandra

Kafka

Redis

REST APIs

JSON

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Containers

Cloud platforms

SQL/NoSQL databases

Job description

You will join Cisco's Webex Signaling team as a backend software engineer focused on distributed systems, reliability, and scale. You’ll design and implement cloud-native microservices, emphasize DevOps, and apply AI-assisted development tools across the lifecycle, collaborating with globally distributed teams.

The role emphasizes ownership, strong fundamentals, and curiosity about AI-enabled practices while delivering high-quality software at scale.