Full-Stack & Backend Engineer II – Build Scalable APIs

Cisco Systems, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer in the United States (California) to design and build software powering Cisco's products and platforms. Work spans APIs, backend services, user interfaces, and distributed systems, with collaboration across engineering, design, and product teams.

The role emphasizes solving real-world problems, shipping impactful features, and contributing to next-generation connectivity solutions. Strong coding fundamentals and cloud familiarity are valued.

Qualifications

• Master's degree with 0 years of work experience or Bachelor's degree with 2 years of work experience.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go
• Experience writing, debugging, and maintaining code

Responsibilities

• Design and build software solutions powering Cisco's products and platforms.
• Develop end-to-end on APIs, backend services, UI, and distributed systems.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers to ship impactful features.

Skills

Python

Java

Go

Git

Linux

RESTful APIs

React

TypeScript

HTML/CSS

Education

Master's degree in CS/CE or related

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related

Tools

Git

Linux

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Terraform

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer in the United States (California) to design and build software powering Cisco's products and platforms. Work spans APIs, backend services, user interfaces, and distributed systems, with collaboration across engineering, design, and product teams.

The role emphasizes solving real-world problems, shipping impactful features, and contributing to next-generation connectivity solutions. Strong coding fundamentals and cloud familiarity are valued.