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About the role
In this role, you will architect and operate scalable data pipelines capable of ingesting petabyte-scale telemetry from over 25 million network devices to drive global operational insights. You will engineer resilient, high-performance distributed systems within Kubernetes environments, directly impacting the availability and reliability of critical network infrastructure. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Bachelors + 5 years of related experience, or Masters + 3 years of related experience, or PhD + 0 years of related experience, orequivalent related work experience
- Experience building, operating, or debugging distributed systems or backend services that process large volumes of telemetry data daily
- Programming experience using Scala, C++, or Java within a production environment
- Experience designing and managing data pipelines applying real-time streaming or batch processing frameworks such as Kafka, Spark, or Flink
- Experience deploying and maintaining containerized workloads on Kubernetes clusters in a production environment
More about this role
The application window is expected to close on: 12/07/2026
Cisco Network Platform processes telemetry from more than 25 million devices worldwide, ingesting petabytes of data every day. This data powers critical network experiences, operational insights, and customer-facing capabilities across Cisco’s platform.
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer on the Data Pipeline team to help build and operate the large-scale systems that make this possible. You’ll work on high-throughput data ingestion, processing, and storage systems that turn raw device telemetry into reliable, useful data products. This is an opportunity to solve distributed-systems challenges at meaningful scale alongside engineers across the organization.
In this role, you will architect and operate scalable data pipelines capable of ingesting petabyte-scale telemetry from over 25 million network devices to drive global operational insights. You will engineer resilient, high-performance distributed systems within Kubernetes environments, directly impacting the availability and reliability of critical network infrastructure. By collaborating across product and engineering teams, you will translate complex data...
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