Software Engineer (Full Time) - United States

The application window is expected to close on: July 30, 2026.

Meet the Team
The Edge Processor team builds the critical software that collects, processes, transforms, and routes high-volume data right where it’s generated. Operating across cloud-native services and customer-managed environments, we prioritize performance, reliability, security, and operability at scale. Our work is at the heart of Cisco’s Data Fabric framework. By enabling sophisticated data management and observability at the edge, we power real-time threat detection, compliance monitoring, and operational intelligence across Cisco’s vast ecosystem of hardware, cloud, endpoints, and networks. When you join us, you will work with groundbreaking technology, demonstrating AI-powered capabilities like automated field extraction and self-healing pipelines. Your contributions will directly improve data quality, accelerate time-to-value, and drive the AI-powered insights that strengthen Cisco’s coordinated security and observability solutions.

About the role

Collaborate with engineers and product managers on small-to-medium, well-scoped features from technical build through completion. Apply the full software development lifecycle to your projects, including requirements of analysis, develop, implementation, testing, code review, release, and documentation. Write clean, secure, and maintainable code with mentorship, add relevant tests, and evaluate changes for correctness, reliability, and performance. Perform debugging and solving throughout development, and participate in incident triage, post-incident learning, and supported on-call rotation.

Requirements

• Completion within the past 3 years, or current enrollment with expected completion within 12 months, of a certification or degree program (e.g., Associates, Apprenticeship, Boot Camp, or Certification in a specialized program + 3 years of relevant experience, High School Diploma + 4 years of relevant experience, Bachelors + 2 years of relevant experience) or Masters + 0 years of relevant experience. Relevant fields include: Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field.
• Coursework, internship, or project experience in distributed systems, networking, operating systems, databases, streaming systems, or high-throughput data processing.
• Exposure to containers, Kubernetes, public cloud platforms, CI/CD, or software deployed in customer-managed environments.
• Experience investigating failures or measuring performance with logs, metrics, traces, or other observability signals, plus an interest in secure and serviceable production software.

Qualifications

• Completion within the past 3 years, or current enrollment with expected completion within 12 months, of a certification or degree program (e.g., Associates, Apprenticeship, Boot Camp, or Certification in a specialized program + 3 years of relevant experience, High School Diploma + 4 years of relevant experience, Bachelors + 2 years of relevant experience) or Masters + 0 years of relevant experience. Relevant fields include: Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field.
• Coursework, internship, or project experience in distributed systems, networking, operating systems, databases, streaming systems, or high-throughput data processing.
• Exposure to containers, Kubernetes, public cloud platforms, CI/CD, or software deployed in customer-managed environments.
• Experience investigating failures or measuring performance with logs, metrics, traces, or other observability signals, plus an interest in secure and serviceable production software.

Skills

• Completion within the past 3 years, or current enrollment with expected completion within 12 months, of a certification or degree program (e.g., Associates, Apprenticeship, Boot Camp, or Certification in a specialized program + 3 years of relevant experience, High School Diploma + 4 years of relevant experience, Bachelors + 2 years of relevant experience) or Masters + 0 years of relevant experience. Relevant fields include: Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field.
• Coursework, internship, or project experience in distributed systems, networking, operating systems, databases, streaming systems, or high-throughput data processing.
• Exposure to containers, Kubernetes, public cloud platforms, CI/CD, or software deployed in customer-managed environments.
• Experience investigating failures or measuring performance with logs, metrics, traces, or other observability signals, plus an interest in secure and serviceable production software.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• A 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.
• Paid parental leave.
• Short and long-term disability coverage.
• Basic life insurance.
• Grants of Cisco restricted stock units.
• 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.
• Flexible vacation time off program.
• Up to 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.
• Volunteer time off.

Pay

The starting salary range posted for this position is $111,700.00 to $157,200.00 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.

Schedule

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.
• 4 paid days off for personal wellness.
• 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees.
• 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).
• Up to 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.

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

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.