Software Engineer, Smart Cameras

Engg; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 155,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with matching

Job summary

Cisco’s Smart Camera team is transforming enterprise security by merging edge-storage architecture with AI-powered analytics. You will build cloud video streaming, exports, and storage services integrated into the Meraki Dashboard, while ensuring high availability and scalable performance.

The role requires backend focus with the ability to contribute to UI and firmware as needed, plus leadership in incident response and system resilience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent) with 3+ years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with 2+ years of experience.
• Experience in production Go, TypeScript, or an equivalent statically-typed programming language; and in a scripting language like Ruby (preferred) or Python.
• Experience in backend software including REST-ful API design and relational databases.
• Experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Experience applying AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot, Cursor, Claude) to accelerate velocity and code quality.

Responsibilities

• Architect & Scale: Build and maintain robust services for cloud video streaming, exports, and cloud video storage.
• API & Backend Design: Design and implement high-performance APIs and backend services integrated into the Meraki Dashboard.
• Cloud-Native Engineering: Develop scalable solutions on AWS with a rigorous focus on high availability, fault tolerance, and system performance.
• Full-Stack Agility: Contribute across the full stack, including UI components and firmware interactions as needed.
• End-to-End Ownership: Own services from design through deployment, including testing, instrumentation, and production observability.
• Leadership & Incident Management: Drive resolution of complex production issues, lead post-mortems, and root-cause analyses.

Skills

Go

TypeScript

Ruby

Python

REST API design

Backend systems

Distributed systems

Kubernetes

AI-assisted development tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree

Tools

Kubernetes

React

Terraform

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

AWS

Job description

The application window is expected to close on: 11/02/2026 This position is eligible for Remote within the US.

Meet the Team

Cisco’s Smart Camera team is transforming enterprise security by merging edge-storage architecture with sophisticated AI-powered analytics. This is the team that designs and maintains the cloud infrastructure that drives reliable video streaming and storage for global retail partners, ranging from gas stations to large-scale fitness chains. These Engineering efforts will deliver critical foot-traffic insights while ensuring 24/7 system availability for our clients' mission-critical operations. As a member of this team, you will play a primary role in scaling these services and shaping the technical strategy that empowers our customers to optimize their physical environments.

Your Impact

• Architect & Scale: Build and maintain robust services for cloud video streaming, exports, and cloud video storage.
• API & Backend Design: Design and implement high-performance APIs and backend services integrated into the Meraki Dashboard.
• Cloud-Native Engineering: Develop scalable solutions on AWS with a rigorous focus on high availability, fault tolerance, and system performance.
• Full-Stack Agility: While your primary focus is backend engineering, you will demonstrate the versatility to contribute across the full stack, including UI components and firmware interactions as needed.
• End-to-End Ownership: Own your services from design through deployment, including comprehensive testing, instrumentation, and production observability.
• Leadership & Incident Management: Drive the resolution of complex production issues, lead post-mortems, and author root-cause analyses to improve system resilience.
• Strategic Collaboration: Partner with Product Managers and partner teams to define requirements, architecture, and long-term project roadmaps.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent) with 3+ years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with 2+ years of experience.
• Experience in production Go, TypeScript, or an equivalent statically-typed programming language; and in a scripting language like Ruby (preferred) or Python.
• Experience in backend software including REST-ful API design and relational databases.
• Experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Experience applying AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot, Cursor, Claude) to accelerate velocity and code quality.

Preferred Qualifications

• Full-stack development experience, specifically with React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystems.
• Demonstrated experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
• Domain expertise in video streaming protocols (RTSP, HLS, WebRTC).
• Advanced experience with AWS services (Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB) and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform).

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

The starting salary range posted for this position is $155,000.00 to $222,600.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks.

Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies: 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees; 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco; Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees; Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations) 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next; Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members; Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer For non-sales roles, employe