[Remote] Principal Software Engineer, Developer Platforms

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cisco is a technology company developing solutions that connect and protect organizations across digital and physical environments. The Principal Software Engineer, Developer Platforms will provide senior technical leadership for quality systems, design production-grade platforms, guide modernization and migration efforts, and mentor senior engineers to improve software validation and release confidence across Splunk and Cisco.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical leadership for quality systems across Developer Platforms. Design production-grade platforms that improve software validation and release confidence across Splunk. Partner with technical leaders across Splunk and Cisco to translate architectural change into practical platform direction. Guide modernization and migration efforts across multiple engineering teams. Contribute hands-on while mentoring senior engineers; success means durable platforms that teams adopt and that measurably improve delivery confidence

Skills

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience designing, building, and operating production-grade systems or internal platforms
• 3+ years of experience in one or more of developer platforms, quality engineering, test frameworks, CI/CD, build systems, release automation, infrastructure platforms, or developer tooling
• Experience with automated testing, release pipelines, service architecture, distributed systems, or comparable modern software development practices
• Experience leading architectural change, platform modernization, or large-scale technical migrations across multiple engineering teams
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience providing technical leadership across teams without direct reporting authority
• Experience building platforms for large internal engineering communities or organizations with thousands of developers
• Experience with AI-enabled engineering workflows, quality analytics, or emerging developer productivity technologies
• Ability to create clarity, communicate complex technical ideas, and align engineers, managers, and cross-functional stakeholders
• Passion for improving developer experience, engineering quality, automation, and software delivery confidence

Benefits

• Remote work arrangement
• U.S. employees are offered 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, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules.
• Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
• 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.

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