Senior Cloud Software Engineer — AI Infrastructure

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

Job summary

Cisco is hiring for a hybrid role based at our Milpitas, CA office with three days per week on site. You will build and validate cloud-native infrastructure, contribute to AI-driven workloads, and collaborate across distributed systems teams to deliver scalable, secure solutions.

You’ll work in a fast-paced, startup-like environment with a strong focus on quality, reliability, and customer impact, using Go, C++, Java, and Python. Join us to shape the brain of the data center.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 7 years of related experience, or Master’s with 4+ years, or PhD with 1+ year.
• Programming experience in Go, C++, Java, Python with strong systems design skills.
• Experience with Linux/Unix, shell scripting, and networking fundamentals.
• Experience with Git, Jenkins, and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Develop and validate infrastructure and software components for on‑prem and cloud environments.
• Collaborate in small, self‑organizing teams to deliver scalable solutions with broad business impact.
• Own parts of the product design, quality, and customer-focused solution delivery.

Skills

Go

C++

Java

Python

Distributed systems

Linux

Git

Jenkins

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

VMware vSphere

Hyper-V

Job description

Cisco is hiring for a hybrid role based at our Milpitas, CA office with three days per week on site. You will build and validate cloud-native infrastructure, contribute to AI-driven workloads, and collaborate across distributed systems teams to deliver scalable, secure solutions.

You’ll work in a fast-paced, startup-like environment with a strong focus on quality, reliability, and customer impact, using Go, C++, Java, and Python. Join us to shape the brain of the data center.