Senior Software Engineer

Cisco•Portland, OR

8d•$139,300 - $203,600•Remote

About The Position

Our software engineering team develops software using Cisco’s Design Thinking Principles, with simplification and Security at its core. We use secure coding practices, protect user privacy, and follow software development best practices. We are looking for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex security problems through automation, scalable software, and strong engineering practices! We partner closely with Design, Product Management, and other teams to create solutions for our customers. Together, we bring new insights to product innovation and continuously improve how we build software for our customers! In this role, you will design and develop high-quality software and help bring features from technical design through delivery. You will create technical design documentation for the team and contribute to user documentation for end users. You will troubleshoot and resolve software issues during development and in production. You will collaborate across teams, share technical knowledge with other engineers, and help improve the quality, scalability, security, and reliability of our software.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of related experience, Master’s degree with 3+ years of related experience, or PhD with 1+ year of related experience.
Experience developing production software, including writing clean, functional code and unit tests.
Experience troubleshooting and resolving software issues in development and production environments.
Experience with code reviews, testing, and software engineering practices focused on scalability, reliability, and quality.
Experience creating technical designs and leading software features from design through delivery.

Nice To Haves

Background leading software projects or features through implementation, testing, and delivery, and preferably experience building security products or developer-facing security tooling.
Knowledge of production monitoring, incident response, postmortems, and root cause analysis.
Familiarity with secure software development practices and threat modeling.
Ability to use AI/ML or generative AI to solve security problems, such as automated threat detection, alert triage, security investigation, anomaly detection, or security workflow automation.
Familiarity with LLMs, AI agents, embeddings, or other machine-learning capabilities and their integration with production systems.
Familiarity with vulnerability analysis, and vulnerability management tools and processes
Proven collaboration with Product Management, Design, Security, and engineering teams.
Ability to mentor engineers and share technical knowledge.
Familiarity with software engineering roadmaps and integrating capabilities across products.

Responsibilities

Improve the software development lifecycle and advance best practices in agile engineering.
Lead the design and delivery of high-quality security features that improve our products and services.
Identify opportunities for products to work together and create greater value for customers.
Consider market needs, product adoption, and competition when making design decisions and tracking related metrics.
Review and test code to identify problems and improve scalability, speed, and reliability.
Develop technical design documentation for the team and contribute to user documentation for end users.
Resolve errors, monitor production systems, identify risks, and escalate issues when needed. You may also support on-call escalations.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to capture requirements, estimate timelines, track milestones, and deliver projects that meet user requirements.
Share knowledge across teams through presentations, documentation, blogs, newsletters, and other forums.

Benefits

medical, dental and vision insurance
a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
paid parental leave
short and long-term disability coverage
basic life insurance
10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees (non-exempt)
flexible vacation time off program (exempt)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
annual bonuses (non-sales roles)
performance-based incentive pay (sales roles)