Software Engineering Technical Leader

Cisco•San Jose, CA

10d•Remote

About The Position

The Splunk Enterprise Security Team builds an analytics-driven SIEM that supports security monitoring, advanced threat detection, compliance, and incident investigations. Our platform helps enterprise customers monitor, detect, and protect against growing cyber threats across cloud and on-prem environments. Engineers partner closely with Product Management, Architects, UX, cross-functional teams, and customers to shape the roadmap and deliver meaningful platform capabilities. Working directly with customers is a core value, and our lean process empowers engineers to solve complex problems with measurable customer impact.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science + 12 years of software development experience, or Masters + 8 years of related experience
Experience applying data structures, algorithms, and system design to own and deliver complex features end to end.
Experience designing, building, operating, and scaling production systems in cloud and on-prem environments within Agile/DevOps workflows using CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins or GitLab.
Experience with data-driven security tooling or security analytics platforms, secure design patterns, backend security principles, and resolving complex customer or production issues.
Expertise in Backend technologies such as Python, Java, C/C++, or similar languages.

Nice To Haves

Deep understanding of modern AI tools, ML methodologies, data pipelines, and large-scale data processing systems.
Proven track record of driving technology innovation by translating industry trends into scalable platform capabilities.
Strong passion for designing highly reliable, maintainable, and distributed backend systems.
Experience mentoring engineering teams and leading cross-functional platform initiatives.

Responsibilities

Lead technical strategy and execution for multiple teams and backend/platform product areas across cloud and on-prem deployments, ensuring scalable, performant, reliable, secure, and maintainable systems.
Shape the technical roadmap, translate requirements into feasible designs, and guide architecture decisions across backend services, APIs, data-processing workflows, and infrastructure-oriented features using Agile methodologies.
Raise engineering excellence through documentation, code review, secure coding, testing, observability, architecture standards, and CI/CD practices.
Partner with Product Management, UX, Architects, cross-functional teams, and customers to resolve complex production issues, support escalations, and deliver solutions that improve security monitoring, threat detection, compliance, and incident investigations.
Mentor engineers, lead design sessions and architecture reviews, and build deep knowledge of product architecture, deployment models, and real-world operating environments to advance platform evolution and customer value.

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
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 employees)
flexible vacation time off program (exempt employees)
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 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
annual bonuses (for non-sales roles)
performance-based incentive pay (for sales roles)
grants of Cisco restricted stock units