Senior Platform Engineer - Cloud-Native Go & AI

Cisco Systems, Inc; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. in San Jose invites you to join the Secure Common Services Platform Engineering team. You will design and build core components to enable scalable and secure cloud-native deployments, working with Go, Terraform and event-driven architecture.

Collaborate with product management to understand requirements, estimate effort, and contribute to planning. Mentor engineers, influence system design, and drive timely delivery at scale.

Qualifications

• 7+ years designing, developing, and deploying enterprise software in production environments.
• 5+ years developing, deploying, and managing large-scale cloud-native web applications and microservices using Golang, Terraform, and serverless technologies.
• 3+ years building event-driven systems using Kafka, SQS, or SNS for async communication.
• Experience building and integrating AI/ML solutions into software workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core components of the Common Services Platform and/or Solutions to enable scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-native deployments.
• Partner with Product Management to understand requirements, estimate level of effort, and contribute to sprint and quarterly planning.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver end-to-end functionality while aligning on integration points and infrastructure.
• Develop POCs and prototypes to explore new ideas, validate technical approaches, or test performance.
• Mentor junior engineers, sharing best practices, reviewing designs, and supporting career growth.
• Influence system design, contributing to and guiding implementation to ensure high-quality, timely delivery at scale.

Skills

Golang

Terraform

Serverless

Kafka

SQS

SNS

AI/ML

Education

Bachelors + 7 years experience

Masters + 4 years experience

PhD + 1 year experience

Tools

GORM

AppSync

Kubernetes

EKS

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. in San Jose invites you to join the Secure Common Services Platform Engineering team. You will design and build core components to enable scalable and secure cloud-native deployments, working with Go, Terraform and event-driven architecture.

Collaborate with product management to understand requirements, estimate effort, and contribute to planning. Mentor engineers, influence system design, and drive timely delivery at scale.