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

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

The starting salary range posted for this position is $137,000.00 to $200,500.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

+ 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

+ 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

+ Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

+ Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

+ 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next

+ Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

+ Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. 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 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$165,000.00 - $277,600.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$146,700.00 - $247,000.00

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.

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Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.