Software Engineering Technical Leader

Cisco is hiring a Software Engineering Technical Leader in Bangalore.

Meet the Team We are Cisco Secure Common Services Engineering, a team of cybersecurity experts and innovative engineers who support the products and developers across Cisco Security. This team is responsible for developing Cisco’s new integrated Cisco’s Security platform This team also develops Common platform services on cloud that can leveraged by other Cisco products like Secure Access, CDO, Firewall, SDWAN

Responsibilities

As a Senior technical leader :

• You will bring deep expertise in architecting large-scale distributed systems.
• You will provide critical architectural leadership for partner enablement and product expansion initiatives, including the Managed Service License Agreement (MSLA) and Subscription Trials Console(STC).
• A key priority will be driving platform scalability to support our growing global partner ecosystem.
• Furthermore, you will champion the integration of AI-driven development workflows and AI-powered tooling to modernize our engineering practices, ensuring our distributed systems are not only robust but also built using the most efficient, automated, and forward-looking development methodologies.
• You will act as a force multiplier, providing the architectural vision necessary to scale our MSLA and STC initiatives while mentoring the team on how to leverage AI to solve complex scalability challenges.
• Review the design/code based on front end tech stack and back end microservices and their compliance with the architecture

• Product Managers who will help you know our customers and partners so you can deliver solutions that meet their needs and wants
• Engineering Managers who will enable you to focus on doing what you enjoy: delivering phenomenal software; they will also be your coach and guide on this exciting stage of your career journey
• Technical Architects who will play a hands-on role in helping you design, develop, and operate with the best practices, patterns the industry has to offer

Requirements

• 12+ years of professional experience in using languages like in GoLang/Java/python, Golang is most preferred
• Experience with high-throughput messaging technologies and patterns - Apache Kafka and related technologies
• Experience working with a variety of database technologies, both SQL and NoSQL including columnar, document-oriented, Redis and Cassandra a plus
• Experience developing, testing, and deploying to public cloud infrastructures such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum-inspired delivery methodology
• Experience/knowledge of front end tech stack/frameworks are desirable
• Ability to communicate clearly and summarize information to others concisely.

• B.Tech /B.E with Computer Science or equivalent
• 15+ years of professional experience in developing SW products and large platforms.
• Advanced proficiency in AI-powered development practices, including AI-assisted engineering, automated observability, and AI-integrated 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.

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