Senior Software Engineer

The application window is expected to close on: August 16, 2025.

NOTE: Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

Common Services Platform Engineering provides the foundational services for Cisco Security Cloud. As a Full Stack Software Engineer, you will contribute to our mission of making Cisco Security products work together seamlessly, ensuring an outstanding user experience across the portfolio.

You will be part of the team responsible for delivering a unified provisioning and Identity and Access Management (IAM) experience, reducing friction for users and empowering Cisco Secure product teams to deliver innovation faster.

Your Impact

• Build components of the Common Services Platform to enable scalable and secure cloud deployments.
• Design and implement backend services and user interfaces for provisioning.
• Partner with product management to define, estimate, and deliver project goals.
• Contribute to platform-level product provisioning systems that simplify product deployment and subscription lifecycle management.
• Develop high-availability APIs and developer-friendly tools that enable internal teams to innovate quickly.
• Improve platform observability and user/developer experience across the Cisco Security Cloud.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical field.
• 7+ years of experience building and deploying full-stack applications.
• Strong experience designing and integrating REST APIs, with a solid understanding of secure development practices and common security vulnerabilities.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred), containers, orchestration tools, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficient in working with both SQL and NoSQL databases; capable of integrating authentication and SSO systems (OAuth, OIDC, SAML, Okta).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform preferred) and cloud-native development.
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures and messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, Kafka Streams).
• Knowledge of API Gateways, Service Mesh technologies, and microservices patterns.
• Exposure to serverless architectures (e.g., AWS Lambda, AppSync) and performance optimization in distributed systems.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills in cross-functional Agile teams.

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. Simply put – we power the future.

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.