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Principal Software Engineer, Cisco Cloud Control (Hybrid)

Cisco$231K — $331K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 15 years, Master's with 12 years, or PhD with 8 years of relevant experience.
  • Experience building scalable, multi-tenant systems with strict security.
  • Expertise in stream-processing architectures using Kafka or similar technologies.
  • Background in developing external-facing platforms or infrastructure-focused products.
  • Proficient in end-to-end system design, including complex authorization models.

Responsibilities

  • Build services and libraries for a multi-tenant application platform.
  • Design and implement stream-processing data pipelines for near-real-time data.
  • Translate declarative models into platform behavior like APIs and schemas.
  • Create reusable capabilities for application teams instead of one-off services.
  • Integrate tenant isolation and access-control into the platform by default.
  • Enhance developer experience with clear APIs and operational tooling.
  • Collaborate with product and application teams to clarify ambiguous requirements.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work opportunity based in San Jose office.
  • Join a high-velocity team with significant executive support.
  • Work on an industry-leading AI-native platform.
Full Job Description
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This is a hybrid opportunity based out of Cisco's San Jose office.

Meet the Team

Cisco Cloud Control: Cisco Cloud Control is redefining how enterprises operate - a unified, AI-native platform that brings Networking, Security, Observability, Compute, and Collaboration under a single, intelligent management pane. We are a high-velocity team with outsized scope and executive backing. We ship iteratively, measure relentlessly, and obsess over time-to-value for customers and the ecosystem alike.

Your Impact

Join our team to shape and deliver the user experience for Cisco Cloud Control-Cisco's next-generation AI-powered cloud management platform. As a Principal engineer you will:
  • Build services and libraries for a model-driven, multi-tenant application platform for consumption by first party and third party developers as well as end customers
  • Design and implement stream-processing data pipelines for events, CDC, and near-real-time data movement.
  • Translate declarative models into platform behavior such as APIs, schemas, validation, permissions, and runtime contracts.
  • Build reusable platform capabilities that application teams consume rather than one-off services.
  • Design tenant isolation, access-control boundaries, quotas, and operational guardrails into the platform by default.
  • Improve developer experience through clear APIs, code generation, testing patterns, operational tooling, and spec-driven GitHub workflows.
  • Partner with product and application teams to turn ambiguous requirements into concrete, testable increments.

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree with 15 years of experience, Master's with 12 years, or PhD with 8 years of relevant experience.
  • Ability to build and operate scalable, highly distributed multi-tenant systems with strict isolation and security boundaries.
  • Expertise in stream-processing architectures using Kafka or equivalent technologies, including experience with Change Data Capture (CDC) systems like Kafka Connect.
  • Experience in building external-facing developer platforms or infrastructure-focused products.
  • Proficiency in end-to-end system design (including observability, failure handling, and ergonomics) and the implementation of complex authorization models such as RBAC, ABAC, or policy-based enforcement.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • An AI-first mindset paired with the ability to exercise sound technical judgment and decompose vague, complex problems into well-scoped, actionable deliverables.
  • Experience building shared infrastructure, abstractions, and "paved roads" that enhance productivity across engineering teams.
  • Proficiency in spec-driven and schema-driven development, including the use of code generation, strongly typed API contracts, and implementation traceability.
  • Understanding of the unique architecture and operational constraints associated with both SaaS and on-premise deployment models.
  • Ability to mentor immediate team members while effectively driving technical decision-making across cross-functional and cross-organizational boundaries.

About Cisco

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Founded
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