Software Technical Leader

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Develop highly scalable distributed solutions spanning the entire stack.

• Facilitate intuitive user experiences that drive measurable business growth.

• Maintain system reliability, performance, and operational excellence.

• Implement tests, telemetry, and alerting systems.

• Take ownership of projects from initial conception to production release.

• Influence, facilitate, and collaborate across various teams.

• Work alongside engineering managers, product managers, and collaborators to establish team direction aligned with engineering and business priorities.

• Address software defects, networking issues, and problems reported by customers.

• Enhance performance, scalability, and reliability.

• Integrate Meraki Dashboard features into the Cisco Catalyst family.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field with 12+ years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with 8+ years, or a PhD with 5+ years of relevant experience.

• Professional coding experience with web backend technologies such as Ruby on Rails, Go, Ruby, Python, or similar languages.

• Experience safely rolling out services to customers using feature flags, A/B tests, or similar techniques.

• Proficient in making architectural and system design decisions.

• Experience mentoring team members.

• Experience working in an agile engineering environment.

• Proven track record of solving open-ended problems across the technology stack.

• Preferred: familiarity with networking devices.

• Preferred: experience in emulation and simulation of networking devices.

• Preferred: knowledge of Cisco CML.

• Preferred: experience in systems software design or large-scale distributed networking solutions.

• Preferred: experience collaborating with cross-functional or geographically distributed engineering teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.

• Paid parental leave.

• Short- and long-term disability coverage.

• Basic life insurance.

• Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available.

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year.

• 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees.

• Paid day off for the employee’s birthday.

• Paid year-end holiday shutdown.

• 4 paid days off for personal wellness.

• 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year for non-exempt employees.

• Flexible vacation time off program for exempt employees.

• 80 hours of sick time off provided upon hire and each January 1st thereafter.

• Up to 80 hours of unused sick time can be carried forward.

• Additional paid time off for critical or emergency family issues.

• Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year.

• Annual bonuses for non-sales roles.

• Incentive compensation for sales-plan employees.

• Cisco benefits and perks subject to plan eligibility rules.