Backend (Software) Engineer - Early in Career, Cracow
Cisco
Location: Kraków, Poland
Work approach: Hybrid (we require your presence 2 days a week in the office)
Start date: January 2026
The application window is expected to close on: mid October 2025
NOTE: Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Meet the team
Elevate the Future of Network Automation with Backend Engineering expertise.
We are on the lookout for a talented Backend Developer to become part of our team. This is your chance to contribute to the backbone of an innovative product in the network automation space, taking its functionality and performance to new levels.
We are a diverse group of experienced engineers, all working within a supportive and transparent culture. Our product is at the forefront of network automation, driving progress for service providers, enterprise customers, with high demands on performance and flexibility.
We’re agile enthusiasts who always seek to improve how we do things on every level of the product and organization.
Your Impact
- Develop, improve, and maintain backend services for our product, focusing on high scalability and availability.
- Write clean, maintainable, and tested code that follows Go design patterns and procedures.
- Collaborate with team members to meet goals and uphold commitments.
- Engage closely with our Lead Architect, Product Owner, Frontend Developers, UX designer to ensure flawless feature implementations.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience (2 years).
- Strong experience in backend programming languages, specifically Go and Python. Good understanding of Go design patterns, gRPC & Protobuf, REST, and microservices architecture.
- Experience of containerization using Docker and comfortable working in a Linux environment and using Git/GitHub.
- Good communicational skills in English.
- Able to legally live and work in Poland without visa support or sponsorship
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity with implementing authorization and authentication mechanisms.
- Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL.
- Understanding av serverless architecture and specifications.
- Agile development methodology experience.
- You are quick learner who adapts well to a fast paced environment and is driven by passion for code craftsmanship. A great Teammate with good interpersonal skills and collaborative nature that make you an asset to any team. A shown Performer with a track record of successful frontend initiatives and are proficient in applying modern frontend technologies.
Why Cisco?
At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Simply put – we power the future.
Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.
We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.
Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:
.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.
For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.