Senior Software Engineer – Java/Go | Distributed Systems | Microservices | Kafka | Cloud | 8–12 Years (Open)
Meet the Team
Your Impact
- Build high-performant, highly scalable, complex, and distributed systems – end to end.
- Contribute to a future-ready, high-quality, and performant codebase.
- Share technical solutions and product ideas with the broader team through design review, code review, proof-of-concepts, and show-and-tell sessions.
- Participate and contribute ideas to our technology, algorithms, and products.
- Work closely with development, testing, and various cross-technology teams to design development strategies and plans, followed by designing and writing code reflecting product requirements and functionality.
Minimum Qualifications
- At least 8-12 years of experience in developing and maintaining enterprise grade applications.
- Strong experience in Java or GO.
- Adept in using AI tools like Copilot/Cursor/Codex/Windsurf etc., in design/development and testing.
- Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and SOA architectures.
- Experience in building large, asynchronous task systems, scalable distributed systems with a good understanding of microservices architecture and associated principles.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience developing services using frameworks like spring, spring boot.
- Experience with Docker or other configuration management tools.
- Hands-on experience with RESTful Webservices and Responsive web design patterns.
- Expertise in Messaging Systems such as Kafka, RabbitMQ.
- Familiarity with 12-Factor app development methodology and guiding principles.
Why Cisco?
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