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Software Engineering Technical Leader

Cisco · Boxborough, Massachusetts, US · On-site

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About the role

We are expanding our services and looking for an outstanding engineer that will be at the forefront for our Sovereign DC and Fedramp development. The ideal candidate has experience developing services at scale on BareMetal AWS and openstack. We are responsible for time sensitive, critically important systems with a high attention to detail. Our services are the heart of the Cisco Cloud Security product, and we take ownership of that very seriously -- our internal and external SLOs are high. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience in software engineering
  • Experience in building and running a highly transactional, 24x7 production environment
  • Experience in developing complex solutions in C/C++ and Python. Familiarity with Perl and/or Go is a plus
  • Experience developing on Linux and in cloud environments (preferably AWS) and networking
  • Experience in configuration management and CI/CD tools like Jenkins and Ansible, AWS, Openstack
  • Experience in Agile development
More about this role

The application window is expected to close on: 12/11/2026

We are a part of Security Business Group and provide best-in-class DNS based services globally to internal and external customers. You will join our DNS Platform team that makes all this possible. We are responsible for building and sustaining DNS resolver software and together with the DNS Systems & Performance team, we operate the service.

Our DNS resolver systems process 800+ BILLION transactions per day! You will join a team that builds backend software that makes this possible.

We are expanding our services and looking for an outstanding engineer that will be at the forefront for our Sovereign DC and Fedramp development. The ideal candidate has experience developing services at scale on BareMetal AWS and openstack. We are responsible for time sensitive, critically important systems with a high attention to detail. Our services are the heart of the Cisco Cloud Security product, and we take ownership of that very seriously -- our internal and external SLOs are high.

8+ years of experience in software engineering

Experience in building and running a highly transactional, 24x7 production environment

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