Cisco

Software Engineering Technical Leader - Backend

Cisco • $186K — $267K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience or Master's degree with 6+ years
  • Proven experience in developing software for distributed systems and databases
  • Familiarity with cloud technologies like AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Proficient in Python or Go/Golang
  • Experience using AI tools (e.g., Claude/Codex) for development and testing efficiency
  • Strong backend coding and system design skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead technical strategy and execution for backend/platform product areas across cloud and on-prem deployments
  • Own the technical roadmap and ensure architectural integrity of backend services
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve complex production issues and enhance security monitoring
  • Mentor engineers and lead design sessions to advance platform evolution
  • Implement engineering excellence through documentation, code reviews, and CI/CD practices

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with 3 days onsite at the San Jose office
  • Opportunity to work on a data-driven SIEM platform
  • Collaborative environment with cross-functional teams
  • Focus on customer impact and real-world problem-solving
  • Mentorship opportunities to advance engineering skills
Full Job Description
The application window is expected to close on: 10/28/2026
This is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week onsite at our San Jose, Santana Row, Cisco office

Meet the Team

The Splunk Enterprise Security team develops a data-driven SIEM designed to streamline security monitoring, threat detection, and compliance workflows. Our platform helps enterprise customers monitor, detect, and protect against growing cyber threats across cloud and on-prem environments. Engineers partner closely with Product Management, Architects, UX, multi-functional teams, and customers to shape the roadmap and deliver significant platform capabilities. Working directly with customers is a core value, and our lean process empowers engineers to address sophisticated problems with measurable customer impact.

Your Impact

  • Lead technical strategy and execution for multiple teams and backend/platform product areas across cloud and on-prem deployments, ensuring scalable, performant, reliable, secure, and maintainable systems.
  • Own the technical roadmap and architectural integrity of backend services and data-processing workflows, bridging the gap between requirements and implementation using Agile guidelines. Raise engineering excellence through documentation, code review, secure coding, testing, observability, architecture standards, and CI/CD practices.
  • Partner with Product Management, UX, Architects, multi-functional teams, and customers to resolve complex production issues, support customer concerns, and deliver solutions that improve security monitoring, threat detection, compliance, and incident investigations.
  • Mentor engineers, lead design sessions and architecture reviews, and build deep knowledge of product architecture, deployment models, and real-world operating environments to advance platform evolution and customer value.


Minimum Requirement

  • Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience, Master's degree with 6+ years.
  • Experience with developing software for distributed systems, databases or query optimization
  • Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure or GCP
  • Experience with Python or Go/Golang.
  • Experience with AI tools (such as Claude/Codex) to drive development and testing efficiency.
  • Backend coding and system design experience.

Preferred Requirements

  • Experience writing code that has been released into production
  • Experience with performance bench marking using tools like WPT
  • Experience with search technologies, data processing, or query execution.
  • Experience or knowledge of Splunk Query Language (SPL)

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