Software Engineer, Backend

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, deploy, analyze, and uphold scalable, distributed, enterprise software solutions that facilitate the recording and consumption of telemetry data.

• Construct and manage backend components utilizing C++ within a Linux environment.

• Emphasize enhancements in reliability, performance, scalability, testability, maintainability, observability, and overall developer experience.

• Collaborate with various teams at Cisco to comprehend the data requirements and requests of both our customers and the organization.

⛳️ Requirements

• Distributed Systems: Proven experience in analyzing, scaling, troubleshooting, and debugging distributed systems.

• C++ Development: Proficiency in software development using C++11 or newer versions.

• CI/CD & Containerization: Familiarity with establishing CI/CD pipelines (GitLab or GitHub) and deploying applications through containerization and Kubernetes.

• Database Management: Skilled in designing and querying relational databases using SQL (PostgreSQL or MySQL).

• Development Lifecycle: Experience with automated testing frameworks and LLM-based coding assistants throughout the software development lifecycle.

• Programming experience in Rust, Scala, and Python.

• Familiarity with observability tools such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana.

• Experience with feature flagging tools like Launch Darkly.

• Background in maintaining database software.

• Experience or a willingness to work in an agile environment (Scrum, Kanban, etc.).

• Ability to articulate the distinctions between 'prompt engineering', 'context engineering', and 'agentic engineering'.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• A 401(k) plan that includes a Cisco matching contribution.

• Paid parental leave.

• Short and long-term disability coverage.

• Basic life insurance.

• Ten paid holidays per full calendar year, along with one floating holiday for non-exempt employees.

• One paid day off for the employee's birthday.

• Paid year-end holiday shutdown.

• Four paid days off for personal wellness as determined by Cisco.

• Sixteen days of paid vacation time each calendar year, accrued at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees.

• Flexible vacation time off program.

• Eighty hours of sick time off provided on the hire date and each January 1st thereafter.

• Up to eighty hours of unused sick time may be carried forward from one calendar year to the next.

• Additional paid time off may be requested to address critical or emergency situations for family members.

• Optional ten paid days per full calendar year to volunteer.

• Employees are also eligible for annual bonuses in accordance with Cisco's policies.

• Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay in addition to their base salary.