Senior Software Engineer (Remote)

Cisco•San Jose, CA

2d•$167,700 - $245,200•Remote

About The Position

Join Splunk’s Automation and Response team, a Cisco company, to build automation and response capabilities that help customers orchestrate security workflows, reduce manual work, and act quickly on threats, alerts, exposures, and urgent operational issues. The team combines product engineering, security expertise, cloud operations, and ownership of customer outcomes. Design and deliver secure, scalable capabilities for investigating and responding to security events across cloud and enterprise environments. Own complex features from design and implementation through release readiness and production support. Improve product quality by creating systems that are observable, reliable, supportable, and safe to deploy, and address customer escalations and security issues with urgency. Apply AI-assisted development and automation to accelerate engineering, testing, and troubleshooting. Guide technical decisions, mentor engineers, and partner with product managers and cross-functional teams. Participate in rotating on-call duties to diagnose production issues and develop solutions. This is a remote position open to candidates located in the United States. Candidates located in San Jose or San Francisco, California, are asked to work onsite a few days per week. The application window is expected to close October 25, 2026.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of related experience, or a master’s degree and 4 years of related experience, or a Ph.D. and 2 years of related experience.
Applied programming experience in Python, Go, or C++.
Experience designing, delivering, and supporting reliable production software, including cloud services.
Background with distributed systems, asynchronous processing, and performance troubleshooting.
Experience with automated testing, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, and delivery models such as Docker, containers, or Kubernetes.

Nice To Haves

Experience with web frameworks such as Django or Flask, or front-end technologies such as JavaScript and React.
Familiarity with security operations, SIEM, Automation and Response, or Splunk integrations.
Experience with Linux systems, networking, or deploying software in enterprise environments.
Familiarity with security and compliance requirements such as FedRAMP, SOC 2, or FIPS.
Ability to autonomously own complex technical initiatives and design decisions while partnering effectively with engineers and product managers.

Responsibilities

Design and deliver secure, scalable Automation and Response capabilities for investigating and responding to security events across cloud and enterprise environments.
Take technical ownership of complex features from design and implementation through release readiness and production support.
Build observable, reliable, supportable systems that are safe to deploy.
Resolve customer escalations and security issues with urgency and care.
Use AI-assisted development and automation to accelerate engineering work, strengthen testing, and improve troubleshooting.
Guide technical decisions and mentor other engineers.
Collaborate with product managers and cross-functional teams to deliver solutions.
Participate in rotating on-call duties to diagnose production escalations and issues and work on solutions.

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution
Paid parental leave
Short- and long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
Paid holidays
Floating holiday for non-exempt employees
Employee birthday paid day off
Paid year-end holiday shutdown
Personal wellness paid days off
Paid vacation or flexible vacation time off, depending on employee classification
Sick time off
Additional paid time away may be requested for critical or emergency family issues
Optional paid volunteer days
Annual bonuses for eligible non-sales roles
Potential Cisco restricted stock unit grants