Technical Lead - Backend Services (Scale & Security)

Cisco Systems, Inc; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Technical Lead for backend services to guide a high-performing team focused on workload security products and AI infrastructure. You will drive scale, performance, and security across distributed systems, delivering robust backend solutions.

The role emphasizes architectural design, rapid prototyping with customer feedback, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to accelerate product delivery and reliability.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of software engineering experience with multiple programming languages (Go, C++, Java) and strong backend fundamentals.
• Proven technical leadership experience in a software organization.
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems and security architecture.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to a backend services team.
• Develop scalable, low-latency API endpoints for telemetry and policy rendering.
• Design and optimize data processing pipelines for large-scale event data.

Skills

Go

C++

Java

Team leadership

Agile

Security architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Technical Lead for backend services to guide a high-performing team focused on workload security products and AI infrastructure. You will drive scale, performance, and security across distributed systems, delivering robust backend solutions.

The role emphasizes architectural design, rapid prototyping with customer feedback, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to accelerate product delivery and reliability.