Senior Software Engineer - Authorization Platform Lead

Cisco Systems, Inc; Juneau (AK); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Matching

Paid Parental Leave

Short-Term Disability Coverage

Long-Term Disability Coverage

Life Insurance

Restricted Stock Units

Paid Holidays

Floating Holiday

Birthday Leave

Year-End Holiday Shutdown

Personal Wellness Leave

Flexible Vacation

Sick Leave

Family Emergency Leave

Volunteer Leave

Annual Bonus

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an Architect to design and develop high-performance authorization services, primarily in C++, while also contributing to Go-based services during platform modernization.

You will lead complex technical initiatives, set architectural directions, and coordinate engineering work across teams to ensure reliability and smooth operations. The role requires deep experience with distributed systems, software architecture, and technical design, plus hands-on leadership to

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree and at least 7 years of relevant experience, a master’s degree and at least 4 years, or a PhD and at least 1 year.
• C++ experience with complex backend systems and production distributed systems; strong software architecture and technical design skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and develop high-performance authorization services, primarily in C++, while contributing to Go-based services and platform modernization.
• Lead complex technical initiatives and architectural decisions; coordinate engineering work and support reliability, troubleshooting, and operational needs.

Skills

C++

Go

Distributed Systems

Backend Services

Software Architecture

Technical Design

Kubernetes

Cloud-Native Infra

Microservices

IAM

Authorization

Authentication

RBAC

ABAC

Reliability

Performance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an Architect to design and develop high-performance authorization services, primarily in C++, while also contributing to Go-based services during platform modernization.

You will lead complex technical initiatives, set architectural directions, and coordinate engineering work across teams to ensure reliability and smooth operations. The role requires deep experience with distributed systems, software architecture, and technical design, plus hands-on leadership to