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Senior Software Engineer

Cisco

Cisco

Software Engineering
North Carolina, USA
Posted on Oct 7, 2025

Meet the Team

The LIO (Lifecycle Innovation and Optimization) team is a dynamic group of people working on big transformational, highly visible initiatives and acquired company integrations. The Cisco.com Engineering team within the LIO organization is leading the charge on crafting a first-in-class digital experience for our customers and partners as they interact with our flagship corporate Cisco.com website, which is the largest and most visited digital platform supporting all stages of the lifecycle. We are at the epicenter of developing modern, cloud-native technologies, integrating various artificial intelligence tools & LLM models that allow us to stay agile and adaptable in a constantly evolving market. Pioneers in our field, Cisco.com Engineering team enables customers and partners to maximize value with a simple, unified Cisco experience, driving accelerated time to impact. Join us and be a part of this exciting, ground-breaking journey.

Your Impact

As a senior software engineer, you will work on the technical delivery and operations of world class solutions for Cisco.com digital experience. Responsibilities include:

  • Developing and implementing solutions / approaches for business problems associated with Cisco.com and web platforms, and provide operations support
  • Driving code quality assurance, provide design and architectural direction, conduct code reviews, and promote collaboration and engagement in the team
  • Driving dialog with design, development, business architects and other key players to advance architecture forward
  • Being an Agile team member and thoroughly understanding your space
  • Looking at the solution from an end-to-end perspective and contributing towards crafting the technical approach and solution
  • Learning from production insights and proposing improved future solutions
  • Analyzing trade-offs between options and making recommendations on solutions / approaches

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's in computer science or a relevant engineering degree and 7+ years of professional experience in IT or software development OR master's in computer science or a relevant engineering degree and 5+ years of professional experience in IT or software development
  • 4+ years of hands-on experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), including AEM Sites and Assets
  • Basic understanding of Storage/Compute, Single Sign-On
  • Basic database experience: Oracle or MongoDB
  • Experience with Agile software development, and usage of CI/CD pipelines and tools (Jenkins, Git, SonarQube or similar tool/product)
  • Leading and successfully delivering at least 3 end-to-end cross-functional projects

Preferred Qualifications

  • Problem-solving skills and ability to tackle complex technical challenges, debug issues and optimize performance
  • Familiarity with AI and ML concepts, and experience working with generative AI/LLMs (GITHUb copilot/Cursor/Windsurf)
  • Experience with project tracking tools like Jira
  • Expertise in front-end technologies like HTML, CSS and Javascript
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly changing development environment
  • Cloud platforms: Familiarity with cloud services from providers like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud for deploying and managing AI models.
  • Proficiency in languages such as Python and deep understanding of ML algorithms

#WeAreCisco

#WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all.

Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.

We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!

Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step

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.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

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.