Software Technical Leader

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

📋 Description

• Develop highly scalable distributed solutions across the entire stack.

• Create user-friendly experiences that drive measurable business growth.

• Enhance system reliability, performance, and operational excellence through testing, telemetry, and alerting.

• Manage projects from initial conception through to production release.

• Influence, facilitate, and collaborate with various teams.

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

• Address software defects, networking challenges, and customer-reported issues.

• Enhance performance, scalability, and reliability.

• Integrate Meraki Dashboard features into the Cisco Catalyst family.

⛳️ Requirements

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

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

• Experience in making architectural and system design decisions.

• Experience mentoring team members.

• Experience working in an agile engineering team and tackling open-ended problems across the stack.

• Preferred: Experience with networking devices.

• Preferred: Experience in the emulation and simulation of networking devices.

• Preferred: Experience with 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 Cisco matching contributions.

• 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 birthdays.

• Paid year-end holiday shutdown.

• 4 paid personal wellness days.

• 16 days of paid vacation for non-exempt employees.

• Flexible vacation time off program for exempt employees.

• 80 hours of sick time upon hire and each January 1st, plus up to 80 unused hours carried forward.

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

• Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year.

• Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies.

• Performance-based incentive pay for sales roles, subject to applicable Cisco plans.