Software Engineer- Adobe Experience Manager

Cisco Systems, Inc.•Research Triangle Park, NC

37d•$137,000 - $200,500

About The Position

Meet the Team The Lifecycle Innovation and Optimization (LIO) team is a dynamic group of people working on big transformational, highly visible initiatives and acquired company integrations. The Cisco.com Engineering team within the LIO organization is leading the charge on crafting a first-in-class digital experience for our customers and partners as they interact with our flagship corporate Cisco.com website, which is the largest and most visited digital platform supporting all stages of the lifecycle. We are at the epicenter of developing modern, cloud-native technologies, integrating various artificial intelligence tools & LLM models that allow us to stay agile and adaptable in a constantly evolving market. Pioneers in our field, Cisco.com Engineering team enables customers and partners to maximize value with a simple, unified Cisco experience, driving accelerated time to impact. Join us and be a part of this exciting, ground-breaking journey. Your Impact As a software engineer, you will work on the technical delivery and operations of world class solutions for Cisco.com digital experience.

Requirements

Bachelor's in computer science or a relevant engineering degree and 7+ years of professional experience in IT or software development OR master's in computer science or a relevant engineering degree and 5+ years of professional experience in IT or software development
Hands-on experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), including AEM Sites, Assets and AEM Guides, technical documentation management and multi-channel publishing
Hands-on experience with Java/J2EE, RESTful web services, Apache Kafka
Basic understanding of Storage/Compute, Single Sign-On
Basic database experience: Oracle or MongoDB
Experience with Agile software development, and usage of CI/CD pipelines and tools (Jenkins, Git, SonarQube or similar tool/product)

Nice To Haves

Experience with DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) and DITA-OT (DITA Open Toolkit), XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation), XSL-FO (Extensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects), Java and scripting languages
Problem-solving skills and ability to tackle complex technical challenges, debug issues and optimize performance
Familiarity with AI and ML concepts, and experience working with generative AI/LLMs (GitHub copilot/Cursor/Windsurf)
Proficiency in languages such as Python and deep understanding of ML algorithms
Familiarity with cloud services from providers like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud for deploying and managing AI models
Experience with project tracking tools like Jira
Expertise in front-end technologies like HTML, CSS and Javascript
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly changing development environment

Responsibilities

Developing and implementing solutions / approaches for business problems associated with Cisco.com and web platforms, and provide operations support
Driving code quality assurance, provide design and architectural direction, conduct code reviews, and promote collaboration and engagement in the team
Driving dialog with design, development, business architects and other key players to advance architecture forward
Being an Agile team member and thoroughly understanding your space
Looking at the solution from an end-to-end perspective and contributing towards crafting the technical approach and solution
Learning from production insights and proposing improved future solutions
Analyzing trade-offs between options and making recommendations on solutions / approaches

Benefits

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
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
Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
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
Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies.