Cloud Platform Engineering Lead — Go/Python, Remote

Cisco; Dover (DE); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

RSUs

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a senior engineer to set the long-term direction for the ACM configuration platform, leading high-impact projects across config delivery, disaster recovery, fleet management and reliability.

You will establish coding standards, observability practices, and drive engineering excellence while mentoring engineers to grow through code reviews, design feedback, and pairing.

This is a hybrid role in Denver, CO or Raleigh, NC with remote candidates in the USA encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Bachelors + 8 years of related experience, or Masters + 6 years of related experience, or PhD + 3 years of related experience
• Experience in building and operating large-scale production systems with fluency in Go and/or Python.
• Applied experience designing resilient, scalable distributed systems in cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, Azure, or GovCloud.
• Prior experience with configuration and infrastructure as code tools like Puppet, Terraform, or Ansible at scale.
• Applied experience leading major technical initiatives and influencing engineering direction beyond immediate teams.

Responsibilities

• Set the long-term technical direction for ACM’s configuration platform by defining architecture, technology investments, and build vs. buy tradeoffs to support thousands of customers.
• Lead and deliver complex, high-impact projects spanning configuration delivery, disaster recovery, fleet management, and platform reliability.
• Establish standards for code quality, system design, observability, and operational excellence to raise the engineering bar.
• Mentor engineers across levels to accelerate their growth through code reviews, design feedback, pairing, and coaching.
• Own production reliability by providing technical judgment during major incidents and designing systems that reduce operational burden.

Skills

Go

Python

Cloud architectures

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's + 8 years experience

Master's + 6 years

PhD + 3 years

Tools

Puppet

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Cisco is seeking a senior engineer to set the long-term direction for the ACM configuration platform, leading high-impact projects across config delivery, disaster recovery, fleet management and reliability.

You will establish coding standards, observability practices, and drive engineering excellence while mentoring engineers to grow through code reviews, design feedback, and pairing.

This is a hybrid role in Denver, CO or Raleigh, NC with remote candidates in the USA encouraged to apply.