Software Development Engineer - Remote Eligible

Software Development Engineer

The application window is expected to close on: November 14, 2025. Note: This position is Remote - US, with a strong preference for locations in San Jose, CA. Cisco's Secure Workload team builds solutions that help enterprises protect modern applications across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. We are a highly collaborative group of engineers working at the intersection of cloud, networking, and security. You'll be part of a team that values technical depth, automation-first thinking, and delivering reliable, scalable security products that power some of the world's largest organizations.

Your Impact

As a Software Development Engineer, you'll contribute to the core engineering team responsible for advancing Cisco Secure Workload. The role focuses on designing, building, and enhancing features that improve product performance, scalability, and security. Success means delivering high-quality code, strengthening system reliability, and enabling seamless adoption of new product capabilities. Key Contributions include:

• Developing new features in Golang, Python, and Java to extend Secure Workload capabilities.
• Automating infrastructure provisioning and deployments using tools like Terraform and Ansible.
• Enhancing observability by improving logging, monitoring, and alerting pipelines.
• Integrating with cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure) to support hybrid/multi-cloud use cases.
• Partnering with engineering, QA, and product teams to deliver high-impact features.

Minimum Qualifications

+ Bachelors or Master's degree in computer science or related field. + 3+ years of hands-on development experience with Golang, and Python. + Prior scripting skills (Python, Bash, or equivalent). + Experience with cloud management platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

+ Experience using source control and CI/CD tools (GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, GitHub Actions). + Production experience with Docker containers, images, and orchestration. + Familiarity with serverless technologies (Lambda, Cloud Functions, etc.). + Strong background in troubleshooting distributed systems and REST API integration. + Knowledge of TLS, load balancers, or proxy architectures in cloud environments + Networking fundamentals (OSI layers, DNS, HTTP/S). + Experience with Linux system development or administration.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $152,500.00 to $219,200.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process. 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. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time. U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:

• 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. Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.