Senior Backend Engineer

Cisco

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$167,700–$245,200 / yr
Posted
3 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Sep 22, 2026 (soon)

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $180k
This role $206k
$117k most similar roles pay here $259k

This role pays more than 77% of similar roles. Most pay $153,795–$206,450 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $206k versus about $180k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Cisco

Cisco Systems is the world''s leading networking technology company, designing and manufacturing networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and cybersecurity solutions for businesses and governments. Industry: Networking Technology & Cybersecurity

Cisco currently has 193 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $167,700–$245,200 across 193 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Backend Engineer

As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Agent Resilience team at Galileo, you will build scalable backend services to power agent observability, metrics, token usage, and other AI resilience capabilities for enterprise environments. You will design, develop, and scale high-throughput applications and APIs while collaborating with engineering, AI research, and product teams to translate complex capabilities into reliable products. Your daily work involves developing primarily in Python and Go, writing automated tests using frameworks like pytest, and utilizing databases, Kafka streaming systems, and data platforms to process information for customer-facing features. The role focuses on solving technical challenges related to making AI agents more observable, measurable, and resilient by providing tools for monitoring token costs and implementing runtime controls within complex, multi-agent enterprise environments.

What does a Backend Engineer earn?

Median $206000 from 35 postings across 16 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and scale backend services and APIs for agent observability, metrics, and tokenomics.
  • Build high-throughput applications to handle large volumes of users, requests, and data in enterprise environments.
  • Develop production-grade backend systems primarily using Python and Go.
  • Write automated tests for backend applications using frameworks like pytest or similar tools.
  • Integrate with databases, Kafka streaming systems, and other data platforms to process information for customer-facing features.
  • Translate complex AI and observability capabilities into scalable products in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
  • Improve the scalability, reliability, and performance of existing backend services as user demand grows.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of experience, Master's degree with 4+ years of experience, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5+ years of experience developing production backend applications and services using Python and/or Go, with strong proficiency in Python.
  • Experience designing, building, and scaling applications for high traffic, high throughput, large data volumes, or many users.
  • Experience building backend services and APIs with databases, distributed components, or data-intensive systems.
  • Experience writing automated tests for backend applications using frameworks like pytest or similar tools.
  • Experience developing products involving AI/ML, generative AI, LLMs, or agentic applications (preferred).
  • Experience working with Kafka or similar streaming technologies and event-driven systems (preferred).
  • Experience with analytical or high-scale databases such as ClickHouse or other data-intensive domains (preferred).

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