Cisco
Senior Software Engineer (Boulder)
$139K–$282K
Boulder, Colorado, US · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years of professional experience in backend software development, with a primary focus on large-scale distributed systems.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
About the job
Leads the technical strategy, design, and implementation of large-scale ingestion pipelines and distributed systems for the Splunk Integrated Data Platform.
What you'll do
- Define long-term strategy for ingestion pipelines, focusing on performance, elasticity, and scalability.
- Lead the design and implementation of mission-critical distributed systems.
- Partner with product and platform leadership and set engineering standards for system design, code quality, and operations.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 7+ years of professional backend software development experience focused on large-scale distributed systems.
- Experience with Go or Java, including concurrency models and memory management.
- Experience building and scaling high-volume data processing pipelines and cloud-native infrastructure, including Kubernetes, microservices, and distributed storage systems.
Nice to have
- Ability to influence technical strategy and lead complex engineering roadmaps.
- Experience mentoring senior engineers and communicating architectural concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Pay
$139,300.00 to $203,600.00 USD base salary; $167,700.00 - $282,000.00 USD base salary (New York City Metro Area); $149,100.00 - $250,900.00 USD base salary (Non-Metro New York state & Washington state)
Tools
Go, Java, Kubernetes, microservices architecture, distributed storage systems
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