Software Engineer

The application window has been extended to 9/20/2025

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Strong preference for Bay Area candidates that can work hybrid in the San Jose or San Francisco office at least 3 days a week; however, remote candidates might be considered.

Meet the Team

The AI Software & Platform Team delivers AI products so businesses around the world defend against threats and safeguard the most meaningful aspects of business with security resilience. We are passionate about making businesses secure and simplifying security with zero compromise. 

Your Impact

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of our ground breaking AI defense platform to help our customers confidently deploy and manage AI systems.
• Ensure excellent user experience and platform reliability, with a focus on scalability, performance and reliability.
• Collaborate with other eng groups to drive platform enhancements and feature development, aligning with both product and engineer requirements.
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams in Cisco Security Business group to address the security challenges of AI systems.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree plus a minimum of 3 years or Master’s degree plus a minimum of 2 years of full time industry experience in Software development, with a focus on building scalable SaaS applications
• Experience in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Go, Python)
• Experience with cloud computing platforms and services (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Experience with API frameworks (e.g. swagger, OpenAPI, GraphQL) and service framework (e.g., Django, Spring)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors plus 5 years of Industry experience and Masters plus 3 years of industry experience in backend software engineering, building scalable SaaS applications.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze sophisticated requirements and propose effective solutions.
• Experience developing, deploying, and maintaining applications in AWS environment with cloud native solutions.
• Experience with Protobuf, GraphQL and Go.
• Prior experience in B2B enterprise software development and an understanding of the security field and risk management.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Simply put – we power the future. 

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. 

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

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