Senior Platform Engineer - Cloud-Native Go & AI

Cisco Systems, Inc

San Jose (CA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 250,000

Full time

10 days ago
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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.

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