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About the role
As a Software Engineer on the Search Acceleration team, you will design and build foundational platform services that enable Cisco's enterprise data platform to scale across petabytes of data and millions of metadata objects. Your work will directly influence how data is discovered, managed, and optimized across cloud environments, providing the foundation for analytics, governance, and AI-driven applications. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Bachelors or Masters in computer science + 3 years of related experience
- 3+ years experience with either GoLang, Java or Python
- 3+yrs experience developing Distributed Systems Cloud Native Services
- Experience building or operating large-scale data platforms, metadata services, data lakes, storage systems, or analytics infrastructure using technologies such as Apache Iceberg, Apache Spark, Kafka, or similar distributed data technologies
- Experience with software quality and operational excellence, including automated testing, observability, monitoring, performance tuning, and production troubleshooting
- Experience driving technical solutions across cross-functional teams, collaborating effectively with software engineers, architects, and product managers to deliver complex initiatives
More about this role
The application window is expected to close on: 12/05/2026
The Search Acceleration team builds the foundational data platform services that enable Cisco to manage, discover, and analyze data at enterprise scale. Our mission is to create highly scalable, cloud-native infrastructure that powers metadata management, data discovery, and intelligent data optimization across a rapidly growing ecosystem of data sources.
Our engineers tackle complex distributed systems challenges, including large-scale metadata processing, cloud-native service architecture, asynchronous workflows, and multi-cloud data management. We build resilient platform services that prioritize scalability, reliability, performance, and operational excellence while supporting petabyte-scale data environments.
As a member of our team, you'll own high-impact initiatives from architecture and design through implementation and production. You'll collaborate with engineers, architects, and product teams across Cisco to solve challenging technical problems and influence the evolution of our enterprise data platform. If you're passionate about building distributed systems, solving hard engineering problems, and delivering...
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