The application window is expected to close on: 11/19/2026
Your Impact- Design and build core components of the Common Services Platform and/or Solutions to enable scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-native deployments.
- Partner with Product Management to understand requirements, estimate level of effort, and contribute to sprint and quarterly planning.
- Collaborate across teams to deliver end-to-end functionality while aligning on integration points and infrastructure.
- Develop POCs and prototypes to explore new ideas, validate technical approaches, or test performance.
- Mentor peers and engineering interns, sharing best practices and supporting their growth.
- Contribute to system design and implementation to ensure high-quality, timely delivery.
Minimum Qualifications- Bachelors + 5 years of related experience OR Masters + 3 years of related experience OR PhD + 0 years of designing, developing, and deploying enterprise software in production environments.
- 3+ years of experience developing, deploying, and managing large-scale cloud-native web applications and microservices using Golang, Terraform, and serverless technologies such as AWS Lambda, AppSync, and ECS/EKS
- 3+ years of experience using SQL (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (DynamoDB) storage systems.
- 1+ year of experience building event-driven systems using message/streaming platforms such as Kafka, SQS, or SNS for asynchronous, service-to-service communication.
- Experience using AI/ML tools or APIs (e.g., LLM-based coding assistants, model APIs, ML-driven automation) to support software development workflows.
Preferred Qualifications- Exposure to data structures and algorithms beyond the basics - e.g., graph traversal, recursive or hierarchical data modeling - through coursework, side projects, or production work.
- Experience with clean/layered service architectures (Handler 14 Service 14 Repository) and ORM frameworks such as GORM.
- Experience taking difficult problems and translating them into solutions.
- Ability to communicate clearly and summarize information to others concisely across cross-functional and distributed teams.
The starting salary range posted for this position is $155,000.00 to $222,600.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.
Individual pay is determined by the candidate19s hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco19s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco19s policies:
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- 1 paid day off for employee19s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
- Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
- Exempt employees participate in Cisco19s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
- Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco19s policies.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:
- .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
- 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
- 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and
- Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.
For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:
New York City Metro Area:
$155,000.00 - $256,000.00
Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:
$138,100.00 - $227,900.00
* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco19s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.
** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.
