Software Engineer - Data Fabric team

Meet the Team

We're a high-impact, fast-moving data fabric team within the CX Platform at Cisco, serving as the core of our enterprise data platform. Our team blends data engineering with a strong focus on scalability, infrastructure, and data-intensive workflows. You'll be working alongside seasoned engineers with deep expertise in modern data pipelines, cloud-native architectures, AI/ML integration, and large-scale distributed systems – offering exceptional opportunities to learn cutting-edge technologies and advance in a rapidly evolving field.

Your Impact

As a Software Engineer in the team, you will contribute to the design, development, and operation of our comprehensive data fabric – an enterprise-grade system that enables data-driven decision-making and high-impact product features across Cisco. You'll work closely with a cross-functional team of engineers, product managers, and data experts to build scalable data infrastructure and intelligent data management capabilities that power internal and external services. You will:
Drive the development of sophisticated and robust logic and backend infrastructure that supports large-scale data and compute workflows.
Collaborate across teams to design solutions that meet performance, reliability, and security requirements.
Contribute to the automation and optimization of engineering processes, improving deployment velocity and system health.
Participate in the full software development lifecycle, from ideation and design to deployment and monitoring.
Help shape engineering standards, technical architecture, and operational best practices within the team.

Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering, or a related field from a leading university, or equivalent experience accepted in lieu of degree.
2+ years of professional software engineering experience.
Full proficiency in Python (Go – advantage).
Experience with deploying and managing containerized applications using orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Docker).
Experience with cloud infrastructure platforms (AWS - advantage) and with Linux environments.

Preferred Qualifications
Experience with event-driven architecture and event processing services, including streaming platforms and message brokers (Kafka, Kinesis, RabbitMQ, Redis).
Experience in modern ETL/ELT frameworks (Airflow, Spark, dbt, Snowflake, AWS Glue) for building scalable data pipelines. • Hands-on experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog), observability platforms (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Splunk), and data management systems (OpenMetadata, Datahub, Great Expectations).
Hands-on experience in version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines (Github Actions, Jenkins) for deploying and maintaining data infrastructure.
Strong advantage - Familiarity with Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI/ML integration in data systems, including familiarity with vector databases model embeddings.

WeAreCisco

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. Simply put – we power the future.

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:

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.