Staff Software Engineer — Cloud & Distributed Systems

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 152,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance

Vision insurance

Parental leave

Paid holidays

Sick time

401(k)

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an experienced software engineer to own features end-to-end across the full software development lifecycle, including AI components, design, implementation, testing, and deployment.

You will translate customer needs into scalable technical solutions and collaborate with product, SRE, and cross-functional teams to deliver meaningful outcomes. You will build highly scalable distributed systems handling large data volumes, participate in reviews, and mentor junior

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of professional experience in software engineering; proficiency in Go, Python, or Java.
• 5+ years of design/implementation of distributed systems with REST API communication.

Responsibilities

• Own features end-to-end across the full software development lifecycle, including AI, requirements, design, implementation, testing, automation, deployment, and production ownership.
• Translate customer and business needs into technical solutions with thoughtful trade-offs between speed, quality, and reliability.
• Design, build, and maintain highly scalable distributed systems handling large data volumes.
• Identify and resolve pre-production bottlenecks and production issues to improve resilience and performance.
• Participate in design/code reviews and contribute to engineering standards and system health.
• Collaborate with product managers, SREs, and cross-functional teams to deliver meaningful customer outcomes.
• Participate in rotating on-call to diagnose and resolve production issues; mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Go

Python

Java

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Docker

Microservices

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an experienced software engineer to own features end-to-end across the full software development lifecycle, including AI components, design, implementation, testing, and deployment.

You will translate customer needs into scalable technical solutions and collaborate with product, SRE, and cross-functional teams to deliver meaningful outcomes. You will build highly scalable distributed systems handling large data volumes, participate in reviews, and mentor junior