Software Engineer - CHG (Hybrid)

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, secure, and resilient components for the Common Services Platform and related solutions.
• Partner with Product Management to understand requirements, estimate work, and support sprint and quarterly planning.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver end-to-end functionality and align integration points and infrastructure.
• Develop proofs of concept and prototypes to validate ideas, technical approaches, and performance.
• Contribute to system design and implementation for high-quality, timely delivery.
• Mentor peers and engineering interns and share engineering best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of related experience, master’s degree plus 3 years, or PhD plus 0 years designing, developing, and deploying enterprise software in production.
• At least 3 years developing, deploying, and managing large-scale cloud-native web applications and microservices with Go, Terraform, AWS Lambda, AppSync, and ECS/EKS.
• At least 3 years using SQL/PostgreSQL and NoSQL/DynamoDB storage systems.
• At least 1 year building event-driven systems with Kafka, SQS, or SNS.
• Experience using AI/ML tools or APIs, including LLM-based coding assistants, model APIs, or ML-driven automation, to support software development.
• Preferred experience with graph traversal, recursive or hierarchical data modeling, layered service architectures, and ORM frameworks such as GORM.
• Preferred ability to translate difficult problems into solutions and communicate clearly across cross-functional and distributed teams.

Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement.
• U.S. medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) with Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and basic life insurance, subject to eligibility.
• Potential eligibility for Cisco restricted stock unit grants and annual bonuses for non-sales roles.
• Paid holidays, floating holiday, birthday and year-end shutdown days, personal wellness days, vacation or flexible vacation time, and sick time off.
• Optional paid volunteer days and additional paid time away for critical family or emergency issues.