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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
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As a Senior Software Engineer within the Secure Common Services Platform Engineering team, you will develop core components of the Common Services Platform to enable scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-native deployments. You will build and maintain foundational building blocks including Provisioning, Identity and Access Management, and Policy services to provide a unified language for security objects across the portfolio. Your daily work involves designing and building microservices, developing prototypes to validate technical approaches, and mentoring junior engineers while collaborating with product management on requirements. The role requires expertise in Golang, Terraform, and serverless technologies like AWS Lambda, AppSync, and ECS/EKS. You will also utilize Kafka for event-driven systems and integrate AI/ML solutions into workflows. This position addresses complex distributed-systems challenges such as multi-tenant isolation, high-throughput event distribution, and cycle-safe hierarchy resolution within a cloud-native environment.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.
Design and build core components of the Common Services Platform for scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-native deployments.
Develop Go microservices and manage infrastructure using Terraform and Kubernetes/EKS.
Build event-driven systems using message streaming platforms like Kafka, SQS, or SNS.
Integrate AI/ML solutions into existing software workflows and platform designs.
Create prototypes and proofs of concept to validate technical approaches and test performance.
Influence system design and guide implementation to ensure high-quality delivery at scale.
Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, design guidance, and sharing best practices.
What we're looking for
Must have a Bachelor's degree plus 7 years of experience, a Master's plus 4 years, or a PhD plus 1 year in enterprise software development.
Requires 5+ years of experience developing and managing cloud-native web applications and microservices using Golang, Terraform, and serverless technologies.
Requires 3+ years of experience building event-driven systems using message/streaming platforms like Kafka, SQS, or SNS.
Must have experience integrating AI/ML solutions into software workflows.
Preferred experience implementing graph algorithms and hierarchical or recursive data structures in production systems.
Preferred experience with clean/layered service architectures and ORM frameworks such as GORM.
Ability to communicate clearly and summarize information concisely across cross-functional and distributed teams.