Cisco

Lead Software Engineer, Account Management-ThousandEyes(Hybrid)

Cisco • $186K — $267K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree plus 8 years, Master's plus 6 years, or PhD plus 3 years of software engineering experience
  • Proficient in designing, deploying, and maintaining Java, Kotlin, or Scala solutions
  • Skilled in distributed systems integration with identity and access management solutions
  • Demonstrated leadership in cross-functional technical initiatives and mentoring software engineers
  • Experience delivering production software within an Agile/Scrum framework

Responsibilities

  • Set technical direction for the Account Management Platform and guide architecture
  • Identify and initiate improvements for architecture and operations
  • Lead high-impact initiatives such as web application migrations and API modernization
  • Partner with various stakeholders to align priorities and communicate decisions
  • Mentor engineers to raise standards and ensure dependable platform capabilities

Benefits

  • Hybrid work schedule with two in-office days per week
  • Opportunity to influence and lead major architectural initiatives
  • Mentorship roles that enhance team skills and development
  • Engagement with cross-functional teams across the organization
Full Job Description
The application window is expected to close on: 10/30/2026
This role requires a hybrid schedule of two in-office days per week at either the San Francisco or San Jose office, however, at least one in-office day every two weeks must be spent at the San Jose office for sprint planning.

Your Impact

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will set the technical direction for the Account Management Platform and guide architecture across secure, scalable microservices, high-throughput APIs, and customer-facing web applications. Identify gaps in architecture and operations, then initiate and lead improvements that strengthen reliability, security, scalability, cost efficiency, and developer productivity. Lead high-impact initiatives such as web application migrations, API and workflow modernization, and asynchronous service decoupling. Partner with engineering, product, security, customer success, and other stakeholders to align priorities, communicate complex decisions, and deliver results across organizational boundaries. Mentor software engineers and raise engineering standards so the team can deliver dependable platform capabilities and sustain long-term technical progress.

Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelors + 8 years of software engineering experience, or Masters + 6 years of software engineering experience, or PhD + 3 years of software engineering experience
  • Experience designing, deploying, and maintaining solutions using Java, Kotlin, or Scala.
  • Experience designing and operating distributed systems that integrate with identity and access management solutions, including microservices and APIs.
  • Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives, software and system architecture design, and mentorship of software engineers.
  • Experience delivering production software in an Agile/Scrum framework.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with IAM concepts, including authentication, authorization, single sign-on, role-based access control, and identity lifecycle management.
  • Experience with IAM protocols and standards: OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, and SCIM.
  • Experience defining technical roadmaps involving cloud-native architectures, observability, automated testing, continuous delivery, and production operations.

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79,500 employees
Market Cap
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Industry
Net Income
$10.1 billion
Founded
2014
5 Year Trend
+1.4%
Revenue
$48 billion
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