Software Engineer, Backend - Webex Signaling

Software EngineerThis position will perform work that the U.S. government has specified can only be performed by a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil.You will join the core Webex Signaling team, which powers calling, meetings, screen sharing, whiteboarding, transcription, and many other Webex experiences. Our globally distributed team builds and operates the microservices through which major Webex workloads flow.As a Software Engineer, you will:Build and contribute to technical designs and implementation in a development team that practices continuous integration and continuous delivery.Develop cloud-native microservices deployed on Kubernetes and similar platforms.Make DevOps a primary concern by ensuring services are reliable, scalable, secure, manageable, and supportable.Enhance Webex telemetry systems to enable analytics, observability, and continuous improvement.Use Cisco-approved AI-assisted software engineering tools and agents, such as Codex, Claude, or similar technologies, throughout the software development lifecycle—from requirements analysis and design through implementation, testing, code review, documentation, deployment, monitoring, and incident response.Apply human judgment when using AI-generated content by validating code, designs, tests, documentation, and recommendations for correctness, security, privacy, performance, maintainability, and licensing or intellectual-property considerations.Serve as a gatekeeper for high-quality code, designs, architecture, and practical approaches to scale.Create alignment across product teams, architectural decisions, and implementation.Contribute to a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.You are a backend software engineer who enjoys solving complex distributed-systems problems and delivering reliable services at scale. You combine strong software engineering fundamentals with curiosity about emerging AI-assisted development practices. You take ownership of your work, communicate clearly, and collaborate effectively with globally distributed teams.Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.3+ years of professional software development experience with Java.2+ years of experience with Spring and Spring Boot.2+ years of backend software engineering experience.2+ years experience participating in the software development lifecycle, including design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.1+ years experience in leveraging AI tools to increase productivity and efficiency.Preferred Qualifications:2+ years experience building large-scale distributed applications using technologies such as Cassandra, Kafka, and Redis.2+ years experience with REST APIs, API design patterns, JSON, containerized systems, and scalable microservices.2+ years experience designing or operating telemetry, monitoring, and analytics systems.2+ years experience with Kubernetes, cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and production observability.2+ years experience with SQL and NoSQL databases at scale.