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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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Listed pay typically runs
$167,700–$245,200
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Software Engineer
The Software Engineer joins the Structured Store team to build and maintain critical data-storage infrastructure and services powering core workflows. This role involves owning the full service lifecycle, including designing versioned APIs for graph and key-value storage, managing schema evolution, and ensuring high availability across on-premises and multi-cloud environments. You will lead end-to-end projects by coordinating with cross-functional partners while remaining hands-on in Go and other systems programming languages like C++. Key responsibilities include performing code reviews, threat modeling, and resolving complex production issues. The role requires expertise in distributed systems, containerized services on Kubernetes, and database technologies including Neo4j, PostgreSQL, and Amazon Aurora. You will solve technical challenges related to consistency, replication, and partitioning while mentoring peers to improve software development and operational practices for scalable data-storage solutions.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?
Median $204500 from 415 postings across 57 companies.
Lead end-to-end projects and medium-sized features from initial scoping and design through production validation.
Design versioned APIs and service capabilities for graph, key-value, and other structured-storage services.
Develop and maintain backend services using Go and related technologies to ensure high availability and performance.
Coordinate project milestones, technical specifications, and remediation plans across cross-functional engineering teams.
Resolve complex production issues and lead root-cause analysis to implement durable corrective actions.
Use reliability, scalability, and cost signals to guide design trade-offs and improve customer outcomes.
Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, documentation, and technical guidance on software practices.
What we're looking for
Must have a Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of experience, a Master's with 4+ years, or a PhD with 1+ year of related experience.
Requires 5 years of experience developing production backend services and versioned APIs in Go, C++, or another systems programming language.
Requires 5 years of experience designing and operating production database-backed services using graph, relational, or NoSQL databases.
Requires 5 years of experience designing production distributed systems involving consistency, replication, partitioning, routing, or failure recovery.
Requires 5 years of experience delivering and operating containerized services through CI/CD on Kubernetes in public-cloud or on-premises environments.
Preferred: Deep Neo4j Enterprise and Cypher experience including graph modeling, clustering, and transaction metrics.
Preferred: Experience with PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, or RDS involving security, schema evolution, and performance tuning.
Preferred: Experience with Helm, Kubernetes controllers, GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, Puppet, or similar delivery and configuration tooling.
LabVIEW
C++
Python
National Instruments
cDAQ
cRIO
PXI
Data Acquisition
Distributed Systems
Network Communication
Unit Testing
Performance Optimization
Debugging