Software Engineer Full Stack / Backend II (Full-Time) - United States

About this role

Please note this posting is to advertise potential job opportunities. This exact role may not be open today but could open in the near future. When you apply, a Cisco representative may contact you directly if a relevant position opens.

Meet the Team  

Join Cisco's innovative engineering community, where   you'll   have the opportunity to collaborate with teams across Cisco IT, CPX (Customer & Partner Experience), Supply Chain,   Cisco Networking (CPO )   and Workplace Technology.   You'll   work alongside hardworking engineers, designers, and product managers who bring ideas to life and transform how the world connects, communicates, and collaborates. Our teams value creativity, continuous learning, and a culture of inclusion as we build the next generation of industry-leading products and platforms!  

Your Impact  

As a Software Engineer at Cisco, you will design and build software solutions that power Cisco's products and platforms. You will work end-to-end on everything from APIs and backend services to user interfaces and distributed systems.   You'll   solve real-world problems, ship impactful features, and help shape the future of connectivity and technology.  

Minimum Qualifications  

• Meet one of the following   (completed within the past   3 years   or expected to be completed within the next   12 months ):  

- A   Master' s   degree   with   0 years of work experience ; or   -A   Bachelor' s   degree   with 2 years of work experience.  

• Qualifying education and work experience should be in   Computer Engineering, Technology, Software   Development   or a related field.  

• Proficiency   in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go  

• Experience writing, debugging, and   maintaining   code  

• Experience building or supporting software applications or services, including APIs   and f amiliarity with core software engineering workflows, tools, and development environments such as Git and Linux  

Preferred Qualifications  

• Expertise   in frontend development using JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and React, with a strong focus on UI/UX principles.    

• Proficiency   in full-stack development, including experience with Python, Java, or JavaScript, and a solid understanding of RESTful APIs, Object-Oriented Programming, and version control via Git.  

• Strong background in building and managing scalable backend distributed systems and microservices using languages such as C/C++, Go, Python, or Java.  

• Extensive experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and robust CI/CD automation workflows.  

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. 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. 

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks.  Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies: • 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next

• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows: • .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainm

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