Senior Backend Engineer - Cloud-Native & AI

020 Cisco Systems, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 168,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Stock grants

Paid holidays

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is hiring a Senior Software Engineer in a hybrid model with in-office days in RTP, NC or San Jose, CA. You will design, build, and deploy robust cloud-native software that scales for Cisco’s global customer base.

You will mentor teammates, collaborate across teams, and apply AI-assisted development to improve engineering efficiency and reliability in distributed systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent) with 7+ yrs in full SDLC, or Master’s with 4+ yrs, or PhD with 1+ yr.
• Experience in backend coding languages (Python, Go, Node.js, Java, or Rust) with REST/GraphQL APIs and databases.
• CI/CD workflows experience and deployment-failure resolution.
• Cloud infra and container orchestration (AWS, Kubernetes, Docker).
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools or AIOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Own full software development lifecycle from design to deployment.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to drive deployment and optimization strategies.
• Mentor junior engineers to elevate team technical expertise.
• Build robust, scalable cloud-native solutions for Cisco’s customers.

Skills

Backend development

REST/GraphQL

CI/CD

Cloud infrastructure

Kubernetes/Docker

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Kafka

AWS SQS/SNS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is hiring a Senior Software Engineer in a hybrid model with in-office days in RTP, NC or San Jose, CA. You will design, build, and deploy robust cloud-native software that scales for Cisco’s global customer base.

You will mentor teammates, collaborate across teams, and apply AI-assisted development to improve engineering efficiency and reliability in distributed systems.