Senior Software Engineer - Cloud-Native Authorization & IAM

Cisco Systems, Inc; Dover (DE); On-site; USD 140,000 - 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

Paid Vacation

Sick Leave

Family Emergency Leave

Volunteer Leave

Annual Bonus

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an Architect to develop and modernize high-performance authorization services and backend infrastructure, primarily in C++, with ongoing contributions to Go-based, cloud-native systems.

The role calls for deep technical leadership across distributed services and the ability to translate ambitious requirements into robust designs. You will lead complex initiatives, drive architectural decisions, coordinate engineering work, mentor teams, and ensure reliability, code

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree with 7+ years of relevant experience, or a master's with 4+ years, or a PhD with 1+ year.
• C++ development experience and production experience designing distributed systems.
• Experience leading architecture and initiatives from design to delivery.
• Preferred: Go, Kubernetes, access control, and legacy-system modernization.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop high-performance authorization services and backend infrastructure in C++.
• Contribute to Go-based cloud-native services.
• Lead complex initiatives and design decisions; coordinate engineering work.
• Support reliability, code quality, and production operations.

Skills

C++

Go

Distributed Systems

Backend Services

Software Architecture

Technical Leadership

Kubernetes

Cloud-Native

Microservices

Identity & Access

RBAC

ABAC

Reliability

Performance

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an Architect to develop and modernize high-performance authorization services and backend infrastructure, primarily in C++, with ongoing contributions to Go-based, cloud-native systems.

The role calls for deep technical leadership across distributed services and the ability to translate ambitious requirements into robust designs. You will lead complex initiatives, drive architectural decisions, coordinate engineering work, mentor teams, and ensure reliability, code