United States of America Hybrid Full-time $146,000.00 to $201,000.00

Cisco Systems, Inc. is hiring a Software Engineering Technical Leader - Observability Platforms (Remote/Hybrid)

About the Role

As a Software Engineering Technical Leader focused on observability, you'll play a key role in advancing platform systems that empower developers to monitor and maintain services across complex, multi-cloud infrastructures. Your work will center on building, refining, and supporting the tools and frameworks that ensure system reliability and performance at scale.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain core monitoring systems that underpin service observability
  • Partner with internal engineering teams to integrate monitoring solutions into their workflows
  • Help define long-term strategy for monitoring practices across the organization
  • Identify and implement improvements to reduce operational load for engineering teams

What You Bring

You have a strong foundation in software engineering with deep exposure to observability, site reliability, and cloud-based systems. Your experience spans both technical execution and leadership, allowing you to influence direction while staying hands-on.

  • Bachelor’s degree plus 8 years, Master’s plus 6 years, or PhD plus 3 years of relevant experience
  • Proven background in software engineering, SRE, or observability roles within SaaS environments
  • Strong communication skills and a track record of working across technical teams
  • Hands-on experience with observability data types: logs, metrics, events, and telemetry
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, including services like EC2, S3, and Kubernetes
  • Technical proficiency in Linux, Docker, Golang, Python, Terraform, Prometheus, Splunk, or time-series databases
  • Experience leading technical initiatives or guiding project-level architecture

Work Environment

This role supports remote or hybrid work arrangements for candidates located in the U.S. or Canada, offering flexibility while contributing to a globally connected engineering organization.

Compensation & Benefits

The starting salary range is $146,000–$201,000, with higher ranges in specific regions such as the New York metro area ($183,800–$303,100) and non-metro areas of New York and Washington states ($163,600–$269,800). Additional components include eligibility for restricted stock unit grants, annual bonuses for non-sales roles, and performance-based incentives. Comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; 401(k) matching; paid parental leave; flexible vacation for exempt employees; wellness days; birthday leave; and opportunities for volunteer time.

Required Skills
GolangPythonKubernetesDockerTerraformPrometheusSplunkAWS EC2S3LinuxObservabilitySaaSSite Reliability EngineeringCloud PlatformsCross-functional Collaboration GolangPythonKubernetesDockerTerraformPrometheusSplunkAWS EC2S3LinuxObservabilitySaaSSite Reliability EngineeringCloud PlatformsCross-functional Collaboration
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Cisco Systems, Inc.
Cisco ThousandEyes is a Digital Experience Assurance platform that empowers organizations to deliver flawless digital experiences across every network, even those they don’t own. Powered by AI and an unmatched set of cloud, internet, and enterprise network telemetry data, ThousandEyes enables IT teams to proactively detect, diagnose, and remediate issues before they impact end-user experiences. It is deeply integrated across the entire Cisco technology portfolio and delivers AI-powered assurance insights within Cisco’s Networking, Security, Collaboration, and Observability portfolios.
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Job Details
Department Observability Platforms
Category management
Posted 6 days ago