Software Engineer, Smart Cameras

Cisco • San Francisco, CA

3d • $155,000 - $222,600 • Remote

About The Position

The Cisco Smart Camera team is transforming enterprise security by merging edge-storage architecture with sophisticated AI-powered analytics. This team designs and maintains the cloud services and infrastructure that drive reliable video streaming, video exports, and cloud storage for global retail partners. As a member of this team, you will play a primary role in scaling these services and shaping the technical strategy that empowers customers to optimize their mission-critical physical security operations, ensuring 24/7 system availability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent) with 3+ years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with 2+ years of experience.
• Experience in production Go, TypeScript, or an equivalent statically-typed programming language; and in a scripting language like Ruby (preferred) or Python.
• Experience in backend software including REST-ful API design and relational databases.
• Experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Experience applying AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot, Cursor, Claude) to accelerate velocity and code quality.

Nice To Haves

• Full-stack development experience, specifically with React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystems.
• Demonstrated experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
• Domain expertise in video streaming protocols (RTSP, HLS, WebRTC).
• Advanced experience with AWS services (Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB) and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform).

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain robust services for cloud video streaming, exports, and cloud video storage.
• Design and implement high-performance APIs and backend services integrated into the Meraki Dashboard.
• Develop scalable solutions on AWS with a rigorous focus on high availability, fault tolerance, and system performance.
• Contribute across the full stack, including UI components and firmware interactions as needed.
• Own services from design through deployment, including comprehensive testing, instrumentation, and production observability.
• Drive the resolution of complex production issues, lead post-mortems, and author root-cause analyses to improve system resilience.
• Partner with Product Managers and partner teams to define requirements, architecture, and long-term project roadmaps.

Benefits

• medical, dental and vision insurance
• 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
• 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
• paid year-end holiday shutdown
• 4 paid days off for personal wellness
• 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year (non-exempt)
• flexible vacation time off program (exempt)
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
• up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
• annual bonuses (for non-sales roles)
• performance-based incentive pay (for sales roles)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level