Cloud-Native Go Engineer for Platform Services & AI

Cisco Systems, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 223,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is building the Secure Common Services Platform, delivering cloud-native services through Go microservices and event-driven architectures. We collaborate with product teams to ship scalable, secure components and rapidly prototype new ideas using AI/ML-enabled tooling.

Join a small, close-knit engineering team with end-to-end ownership, modern Kubernetes/EKS infrastructure, and a focus on performance, reliability, and secure design across Cisco Security Cloud products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher in a relevant field with 5+ years related experience.
• 3+ years building cloud-native web apps and microservices with Go, Terraform, and serverless AWS.
• 3+ years SQL (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (DynamoDB).
• 1+ year building event-driven systems using Kafka, SQS, or SNS.
• Experience using AI/ML tools or APIs to support software development workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core components of the Common Services Platform and/or Solutions to enable scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-native deployments.
• Partner with Product Management to understand requirements, estimate level of effort, and contribute to sprint and quarterly planning.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver end-to-end functionality while aligning on integration points and infrastructure.
• Develop POCs and prototypes to explore new ideas, validate technical approaches, or test performance.
• Mentor peers and engineering interns, sharing best practices and supporting their growth.
• Contribute to system design and implementation to ensure high-quality, timely delivery.

Skills

Golang

Terraform

AWS Lambda

AppSync

ECS/EKS

SQL

NoSQL

Kafka

SQS

SNS

AI/ML tools

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GORM

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is building the Secure Common Services Platform, delivering cloud-native services through Go microservices and event-driven architectures. We collaborate with product teams to ship scalable, secure components and rapidly prototype new ideas using AI/ML-enabled tooling.

Join a small, close-knit engineering team with end-to-end ownership, modern Kubernetes/EKS infrastructure, and a focus on performance, reliability, and secure design across Cisco Security Cloud products.