Lead Backend Engineer - Cloud-Native Authorization (C++, Go)

Cisco Systems, Inc; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) With Matching Contributions

Paid Parental Leave

Short-Term Disability Coverage

Long-Term Disability Coverage

Basic Life Insurance

Restricted Stock Units

Paid Holidays

Floating Holiday

Birthday Leave

Year-End Holiday Shutdown

Personal Wellness Days

Paid Vacation

Sick Leave

Family Emergency Leave

Paid Volunteer Days

Annual Bonuses

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. seeks a senior backend engineer to design and develop high-performance authorization services, primarily in C++, while contributing to Go-based services and modernizing Splunk’s platform for cloud-native and Kubernetes environments.

You will lead complex technical initiatives, coordinate engineering work, guide design reviews, and support production reliability and troubleshooting across multi-service deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years experience or higher degrees with appropriate years.
• Strong C++ backend development experience and distributed systems.
• Experience leading architectural/design initiatives and reviews.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance authorization backends in C++.
• Contribute to Go-based services and modernize the platform for cloud-native/Kubernetes.
• Lead complex technical initiatives and architectural decisions.
• Coordinate engineering work, guide design reviews, and support production reliability.

Skills

C++

Go

Distributed Systems

Backend Services

Software Architecture

Technical Design

Cloud-Native Infrastructure

Kubernetes

Microservices

Identity and Access Management

Authentication

Authorization

RBAC

ABAC

System Reliability

Performance Optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

N/A

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. seeks a senior backend engineer to design and develop high-performance authorization services, primarily in C++, while contributing to Go-based services and modernizing Splunk’s platform for cloud-native and Kubernetes environments.

You will lead complex technical initiatives, coordinate engineering work, guide design reviews, and support production reliability and troubleshooting across multi-service deployments.