Senior Cloud-Native Backend Engineer - AI Infrastructure

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance

Parental leave

Paid holidays

401(k)

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Milpitas is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Intersight cloud-native platform. You will design and deliver backend services for distributed compute infrastructure and AI workloads, emphasizing scalability and security.

You will own features end-to-end, mentor teammates, review designs, and partner with product management, UX, and other engineers to optimize performance, reliability, and customer value across cloud and on‑prem environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and 7+ years of experience.
• Production software experience in Go, C/C++, Java, or Python.
• Experience with cloud-native microservices and distributed systems.
• Strong data structures, algorithms, and API design.
• Leadership in delivering medium-sized features end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and maintain backend services for Intersight.
• Lead medium-sized features from design to production.
• Diagnose production issues and participate in incident response.
• Mentor engineers, review code, and drive security practices.
• Collaborate with product, UX, and other teams.

Skills

Go

C/C++

Java

Python

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS Cloud

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Milpitas is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Intersight cloud-native platform. You will design and deliver backend services for distributed compute infrastructure and AI workloads, emphasizing scalability and security.

You will own features end-to-end, mentor teammates, review designs, and partner with product management, UX, and other engineers to optimize performance, reliability, and customer value across cloud and on‑prem environments.