Software Engineering Technical Leader (Hybrid)

Cisco Systems, Inc; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with Cisco matching

Parental leave

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a seasoned frontend engineer to build analytics experiences for searches and dashboards across Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud.

You will collaborate with product, design, and backend teams to translate customer needs into scalable features and reusable components. You will help shape the frontend technical roadmap, contribute to documentation and testing, and mentor engineers during design sessions and code reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher in web software development with 8+ years experience.
• Experience building client-side apps with JavaScript/TypeScript and modern frameworks (React/Redux/Backbone.js).
• Experience using CLI tools, source control, testing frameworks, and CI in software development.
• Experience mentoring engineers and participating in design/code reviews.

Responsibilities

• Build intuitive analytics experiences for searches and dashboards in Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud.
• Collaborate with product, design, and backend engineering to translate customer needs into features.
• Contribute to documentation, testing, and ongoing support; drive frontend roadmap.
• Mentor engineers, participate in design sessions, code reviews, and architecture discussions.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

React/Redux/Backbone.js

Command-line tools/CI-CD

Mentoring engineers & design reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

React

Redux

Backbone.js

Python

Job description

The application window is expected to close on: 10/29/2026

This position is a hybrid role, requiring the employee to work both onsite and remotely. Candidates should be comfortable with a flexible work arrangement that balances in-office collaboration and remote work. Specific onsite days and remote days will be coordinated with the team and manager.

Meet the Team

The Search Experience UI team builds and improves Splunk’s search and dashboard experiences, helping customers turn machine data into insights they can act on. The team’s work supports highly visible, business-critical products used by both advanced and beginner users. You’ll work with engineers, product managers, designers, and QA to solve complex problems in a collaborative environment. The work offers opportunities to shape features and designs, contribute to architecture discussions, and improve the tools and practices that help frontend engineers work effectively. The team values problem solving, learning, mentorship, and sharing ideas and successes.

Your Impact

Build intuitive analytics experiences that make it easier for customers to create and use searches and dashboards in Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud. Partner with product, design, and backend engineering to understand customer needs and turn them into well-designed product features. Shape implementation plans and technical designs, and contribute to documentation, testing, and ongoing support. Improve existing code and help drive the frontend technical roadmap, with a focus on reusable, scalable components and quality. Mentor engineers and contribute to design sessions, code reviews, and architecture discussions to improve team effectiveness and the customer experience.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors + 8 years of prior experience in web software development, or Masters + 6 years of prior experience in web software development, or PhD + 3 years of prior experience in web software development
• Applied experience building client-side applications with JavaScript or TypeScript and modern frameworks or libraries such as React, Redux, or Backbone.js.
• Applied experience using command-line tools, source control, testing frameworks, and continuous integration in software development.
• Applied experience mentoring engineers, contributing to design and code reviews.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in full-stack or backend development.
• Prior experience with infrastructure tools or workflows such as Python, GitLab, or CI/CD.
• Prior experience with browser internals, including JavaScript engines, the DOM, and browser APIs, and applying that knowledge to improve performance.
• Prior experience using telemetry to inform product or customer decisions.
• Prior experience with applying AI tools to improve engineering workflows.

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.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $151,600.00 to $222,400.00 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, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees On Sales Plans Earn Performance-based Incentive Pay On Top Of Their Base Salary, Which Is Split Between Quota And Non-quota Components, Subject To The Applicable Cisco Plan. For Quota-based Incentive Pay, Cisco Typically Pays As Follows

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and
• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area

$186,900.00 - $307,800.00

Non-Metro New York State & Washington State

$166,300.00 - $274,100.00

• For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.
• Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.