Software Engineer (Backend)

Cisco•Seattle, WA

3d•$138,100 - $256,000

About The Position

The Platform Experience Backend team builds APIs and durable workflows for Splunk's data management products. The team enables customers to route, transform, and process data at the edge and in the cloud, and to store and query data at scale in a modern data lake. The role contributes to emerging big data products for AI workflows and addresses complex distributed-systems challenges in a collaborative hybrid/remote environment based in Seattle. The engineer designs, builds, and operates customer-facing REST APIs and Go backend services, including services supporting complex, long-running operations at scale. They lead small-to-medium features from technical design through implementation, testing, review, and production; take ownership of production services; contribute to on-call shifts and postmortems; and help maintain high engineering standards through secure, well-tested code and thoughtful reviews. The role also involves cross-functional collaboration and mentoring junior engineers and interns.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 5 years of related experience, or a master's degree and 3 years of related experience.
Experience with a backend language such as Golang, Java, C++, Python, or similar.
Experience designing, building, and operating REST APIs and backend services in production.
Experience with data structures, algorithms, and software design.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and production debugging.
Experience with cloud-native architecture on a public cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including Docker and Kubernetes.

Nice To Haves

Strong communication skills and ability to explain technical decisions to diverse stakeholders in design documents and in person.
Experience with high-volume data pipelines, streaming technologies, data lakes, or SQL.
Distributed systems experience, such as workflow orchestration, durable jobs, or long-running operations.
Enthusiasm for using AI tools throughout the software development lifecycle and accountability for AI-assisted output.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and operate customer-facing REST APIs and backend services in Go for Data Management products.
Support complex and long-running operations at scale.
Lead small-to-medium features from technical design through coding, testing, code review, and production.
Own services in production, monitor them, take on-call shifts, and lead postmortems and root-cause analysis.
Write clean, well-tested, secure code and provide thoughtful code reviews.
Collaborate with Product Managers, designers, frontend engineers, and adjacent backend teams to deliver cohesive solutions.
Mentor junior engineers and interns through pairing, design feedback, and code review.

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.
Paid holidays and a floating holiday for non-exempt employees.
Paid birthday leave, year-end holiday shutdown, and paid personal wellness days.
Paid vacation or flexible vacation time off, depending on employee classification.
Sick time off, with limited carry-forward of unused sick time.
Additional paid time away may be requested for critical or emergency family issues.
Optional paid volunteer days.
Annual bonuses may be available for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies.
Employees may be eligible for Cisco restricted stock unit grants.