Cisco
Senior Staff Software Engineer
$192K–$356K
Seattle, Washington, US · Hybrid · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years; a significant portion in a lead or architect capacity.
About the job
Leads the design and delivery of large-scale distributed data-processing systems for Splunk’s edge platform, ensuring performance, reliability, and customer support.
What you'll do
- Lead projects through requirements gathering, design, development, and deployment; set team coding and design standards.
- Identify system bottlenecks and contribute to design and code reviews to improve performance and scalability.
- Participate in rotating on-call duties to diagnose and resolve customer issues.
What they ask for
- 12+ years of software development experience, with a significant portion in a lead or architect capacity.
- Experience designing, shipping, and supporting high-performance, high-throughput, low-latency data-processing components.
- Experience shipping and supporting cloud-native services and on-premises software using languages such as GoLang, C, or C++.
- Experience designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems, including reliability, scalability, performance, consistency models, and fault tolerance.
Nice to have
- Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills using Linux-based tools and diagnostic techniques.
- Experience leading projects lasting 6 months or more across multi-functional teams.
Pay
$192,400.00 to $275,800.00 USD base salary; $214,100.00 - $356,300.00 USD base salary (New York City Metro Area); $192,400.00 - $317,200.00 USD base salary (Non-Metro New York state & Washington state)
Tools
GoLang, C, C++, Linux
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