Software Engineer

Meet the Team Join Cisco’s Data & Analytics team, a high-performing group of intelligent, dedicated, and results-driven professionals building a best-in-class enterprise analytics platform. Our mission is to connect data across the value chain to deliver persona-based, actionable insights that empower self-service analytics, enable digital processes, and accelerate Cisco’s transformation to new business models.

By combining innovation, technical expertise, and business impact, the team helps drive operational efficiency and data-driven decision-making at scale. Your Impact In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend services and RESTful APIs that power our enterprise-grade applications.

You will work within a collaborative environment to build scalable microservices, ensuring our systems are secure, observable, and reliable. This is an exciting opportunity to influence our platform architecture and contribute to the continuous delivery of high-quality software solutions.

Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain robust RESTful APIs and backend services using Java (Spring Boot) and Python (FastAPI/Flask). Define and implement API contracts, validation logic, and error-handling standards to ensure seamless system integration.

Develop secure backend solutions using modern authentication protocols (OAuth 2.0, JWT) and ensure code quality through rigorous testing and observability. Collaborate cross-functionally with architects, frontend developers, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver integrated, high-quality backend features.

Troubleshoot production incidents and contribute to CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and release management to support continuous delivery. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. 5+ years of professional experience in backend software development with hands-on expertise in building RESTful services.

Strong programming proficiency in both Java (Spring Boot/MVC) and Python (FastAPI/Flask/Django). Demonstrated experience with SQL and relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle) or Data Warehouses (e.g., SAP HANA, Snowflake). Proven experience with source control (Git), automated testing frameworks, and secure coding practices.

Preferred Qualifications Experience with microservices architecture, distributed systems, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes). Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ). Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and using observability tools (Splunk, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana).

Experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, or DynamoDB) and API gateway patterns. Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments with a focus on high-availability system design. 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.