Senior Full-Stack Engineer — Hybrid Security Platform

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

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc is seeking a Software Engineer for a hybrid role based in San Jose and San Francisco, CA, with three days in the office weekly. You will work across Cisco and Splunk teams to build scalable security and observability technologies that serve thousands of customers globally.

The role emphasizes solving complex technical problems, collaborating with engineers and product partners, and delivering features with strong CI/CD and secure API practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Programming experience using Python, Java, or Golang.
• Experience with client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks (React and/or BackboneJS).
• Experience with front-end technologies including HTML5, CSS3, and/ or Responsive Design.
• Experience implementing data structures, algorithms, and RESTful APIs, including secure API design features such as authentication, input validation, and rate limiting.
• Experience developing scalable distributed web applications using open-source or proprietary technologies.
• Experience with CI/CD and security gates such as SAST, DAST, and dependency scanning.

Responsibilities

• Build a global-scale, security platform, optimizing for performance, reliability and quality using Splunk platform innovations, open-source, and AI Agentic and cloud tools and technologies.
• Own and be accountable for delivery of multiple features to solve some of the really cool security challenges.
• Achieve a deep knowledge of our product architecture, usage patterns, and real-world deployment scenarios to develop an understanding of which solutions will bring value to our customers.
• Partner with leaders from architecture, eng management, and product management on project requirements, designs, and development plans.
• Help identify and develop ways to improve our team's productivity and efficiency by expanding on our existing tools and processes.
• Collaborate with team members on the design and implementation of frameworks and backend components and mentor junior engineers, to help develop their technical skills, communication and careers.

Skills

Python

Java

Golang

React

BackboneJS

HTML5

CSS3

RESTful APIs

Secure API design

CI/CD

SAST

DAST

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc is seeking a Software Engineer for a hybrid role based in San Jose and San Francisco, CA, with three days in the office weekly. You will work across Cisco and Splunk teams to build scalable security and observability technologies that serve thousands of customers globally.

The role emphasizes solving complex technical problems, collaborating with engineers and product partners, and delivering features with strong CI/CD and secure API practices.