Remote Cloud Video Streaming Engineer

Engg; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 155,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with matching

Job summary

Cisco’s Smart Camera team is transforming enterprise security by merging edge-storage architecture with AI-powered analytics. You will build cloud video streaming, exports, and storage services integrated into the Meraki Dashboard, while ensuring high availability and scalable performance.

The role requires backend focus with the ability to contribute to UI and firmware as needed, plus leadership in incident response and system resilience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent) with 3+ years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with 2+ years of experience.
• Experience in production Go, TypeScript, or an equivalent statically-typed programming language; and in a scripting language like Ruby (preferred) or Python.
• Experience in backend software including REST-ful API design and relational databases.
• Experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Experience applying AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot, Cursor, Claude) to accelerate velocity and code quality.

Responsibilities

• Architect & Scale: Build and maintain robust services for cloud video streaming, exports, and cloud video storage.
• API & Backend Design: Design and implement high-performance APIs and backend services integrated into the Meraki Dashboard.
• Cloud-Native Engineering: Develop scalable solutions on AWS with a rigorous focus on high availability, fault tolerance, and system performance.
• Full-Stack Agility: Contribute across the full stack, including UI components and firmware interactions as needed.
• End-to-End Ownership: Own services from design through deployment, including testing, instrumentation, and production observability.
• Leadership & Incident Management: Drive resolution of complex production issues, lead post-mortems, and root-cause analyses.

Skills

Go

TypeScript

Ruby

Python

REST API design

Backend systems

Distributed systems

Kubernetes

AI-assisted development tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree

Tools

Kubernetes

React

Terraform

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

AWS

Job description

Cisco’s Smart Camera team is transforming enterprise security by merging edge-storage architecture with AI-powered analytics. You will build cloud video streaming, exports, and storage services integrated into the Meraki Dashboard, while ensuring high availability and scalable performance.

The role requires backend focus with the ability to contribute to UI and firmware as needed, plus leadership in incident response and system resilience.