Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems (Remote)

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Boulder (CO); Hybrid; USD 139,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Matching

Paid Parental Leave

Disability Coverage

Life Insurance

Time Off for Volunteer

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a backend engineering leader to own the ingestion pipelines that power the Splunk Integrated Data Platform. You will design, implement, and scale mission-critical distributed systems, shaping high-throughput data processing and real-time observability for global customers.

Collaborate with product and platform teams to align technical strategy with business goals. You will mentor senior engineers, drive multi-year roadmaps, and promote code quality, testing, and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend software development experience.
• Strong Go or Java experience with concurrency and memory management.
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience with cloud-native infrastructure including Kubernetes and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the long-term technical strategy for ingestion pipelines.
• Lead design and implementation of distributed systems impacting reliability and performance of the Splunk platform.
• Partner with product and platform leadership to align engineering initiatives with business needs.
• Mentor senior engineers and promote best practices for code quality and testing.

Skills

Go

Java

Distributed systems

Concurrency

Memory management

Cloud-native

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Microservices

Distributed storage

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a backend engineering leader to own the ingestion pipelines that power the Splunk Integrated Data Platform. You will design, implement, and scale mission-critical distributed systems, shaping high-throughput data processing and real-time observability for global customers.

Collaborate with product and platform teams to align technical strategy with business goals. You will mentor senior engineers, drive multi-year roadmaps, and promote code quality, testing, and