Cisco

Software Engineering Technical Leader- Backend Data Engineer

Cisco$210K — $305K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's + 12 years or Master's + 8 years in software engineering or related field
  • Expertise in building cloud systems with a focus on databases, data lakes, and streaming systems
  • Experience with scalable data pipeline technologies like Spark or Flink
  • Proficiency in programming with Go, Python, Bash, Java, C, or C++
  • Familiarity with AI-based coding tools such as Codex or Claude Code

Responsibilities

  • Design and build robust software focusing on Go and Python for internal and external use cases
  • Create data pipelines that support APIs and notification streams with tools like Druid and Kafka
  • Monitor and manage the deployment of new functionalities into production environments
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams through all stages of software development
  • Engage in technical design reviews, code reviews, and provide mentorship within the team

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance plans
  • Generous paid time off policy
  • Flexible work environment with options for remote work
  • Opportunities for professional development and continued education
  • Participation in company-sponsored technology and engineering events
Full Job Description
The application window is expected to close on: 06/24/2026
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Your Impact

You will shape the Hyperfabric data strategy and execute it. You will build and maintain in-product dashboards, APIs, and 3rd party system integrations, all while handling high-volume streaming data such as device telemetry, system alerts, etc. You are committed to designing and building robust and scalable systems that are easy to understand and maintain. Your contributions will directly impact how our customers interact with Hyperfabric by giving them visibility into their data centers' performance, health, and more.

You will innovate at the intersection of data + AI. You will define and deploy our strategy to collect and stage our telemetry data. Leveraging this, you will build the AI workloads that transform this data into meaningful insights that we surface to our customers, including error detection, troubleshooting, performance tuning suggestions, etc.

Responsibilities:
  • Design and build forward-looking, performant, well-tested software with a specific focus on Go and Python. As a backend data engineer, you will focus on supporting both internal and external use cases.
  • Design and build data pipelines that support Hyperfabric's data APIs and notification streams, leveraging Druid, Kafka and more. Benchmark and tune these pipelines to support our workloads at high throughput and low latency and with fault tolerance.
  • Deploy new functionality into production with rollout/rollback planning as well as monitoring and alerting.
  • Collaborate with product managers, other software engineers, and QA through all stages of the software development lifecycle.
  • Contribute to the team through technical design reviews, code reviews, and mentoring.


Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's + 12 years of experience or Master's + 8 years of experience in software engineering or related field, with a focus on building cloud systems, including expertise in database, data lake and streaming systems.
  • Experience building scalable data pipelines using Spark, Flink, or similar technology.
  • Experience programming with two or more languages such as Go, Python, Bash, Java, C, C++.
  • Experience with AI-based code tools such as Codex, Claude Code, etc

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience deploying or using Data Lakes/Warehouses, including storage, table format, and processing.
  • Experience building and deploying AI-backed functionality, either customer-facing features or internal productivity tools.
  • Expertise with Druid or another time-series analytics database.
  • Expertise with Kafka or another streaming system

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