Cisco
Software Engineer, Backend – Webex Signaling
$138K–$256K
Seattle, Washington, US +1 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, Washington, US
San Jose, California, US - Education
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- The position can only be performed by a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil.
About the job
Build and operate cloud-native Webex Signaling microservices that support Webex communications features, with a focus on reliability, scalability, telemetry, and AI-assisted software development.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and operate Kubernetes-based microservices through the software development lifecycle.
- Improve service reliability, scalability, security, and telemetry; help maintain high-quality code and architecture.
- Use approved AI-assisted engineering tools across development and operations, validating their output for quality and safety.
What they ask for
- Production software development experience with Java, Spring and Spring Boot.
- Experience across software design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.
- Experience building large-scale distributed applications using technologies such as Cassandra, Kafka, and Redis.
- Experience leveraging AI tools to increase productivity and efficiency.
Nice to have
- Experience with REST APIs, API design patterns, JSON, containerized systems, and scalable microservices.
- Experience with telemetry, monitoring, analytics, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, CI/CD, production observability, or databases at scale.
Pay
$138,100.00 to $198,200.00 (base salary); $155,000.00 - $256,000.00 (base salary); $138,100.00 - $227,900.00 (base salary)
Tools
Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Cassandra, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes, Codex
AI focus
Use Cisco-approved AI-assisted engineering tools throughout the software lifecycle, applying human judgment to validate correctness, security, privacy, performance, maintainability, and licensing or intellectual-property considerations.
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