Cisco
Software Engineer
$149K–$282K
Seattle, Washington, US · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years of professional experience in backend software development, primarily focused 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 strategy, design, and delivery of high-throughput distributed data ingestion pipelines for the Splunk Integrated Data Platform.
What you'll do
- Set long-term technical strategy for ingestion pipelines, focusing on performance, elasticity, and scalability.
- Lead design and implementation of distributed systems and partner with product and platform leaders on engineering priorities.
- Establish engineering standards for system design, code quality, reliability, and operational excellence.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 7+ years of backend software development experience, primarily focused on large-scale distributed systems.
- Expert-level proficiency in Go or Java, including practical understanding of concurrency models and memory management.
- Experience architecting, deploying, and scaling high-volume data processing pipelines, and with Kubernetes, microservices architecture, and distributed storage systems.
Nice to have
- Ability to influence technical strategy and align stakeholders across teams and organizational levels.
- Experience leading multi-year engineering roadmaps and mentoring senior engineers.
Pay
$149,100.00 to $218,100.00 USD (base salary); $167,700.00 - $282,000.00 USD (base salary); $149,100.00 - $250,900.00 USD (base salary)
Tools
Go, Java, Kubernetes, microservices architecture, distributed storage systems
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