Software Engineer - IT Engineering Productivity

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Capture and share engineering standards and best practices for Front end and Full Stack developers
• Create and foster collaborative relationships with engineering teams through chapters, guilds, and internal communication platforms
• Partner with Cisco IT Design to drive adoption of unified design frameworks across all internal applications
• Drive strategic engineering productivity roadmaps for solutions that deliver value and efficiency to our Front-end developer community
• Identify and execute on opportunities to create AI enhanced agents for code maintenance
• Be a technical, architectural, and career development mentor for other engineers
• Lead with an experience and design mindset to help create an AI first developer experience at Cisco IT
• Be a leader with vision and strategic problem solver for approximately 450 Cisco IT Engineering teams and communicate with intent
• Mentor other technical talent in software development using Agile methods to build strong engineering rigor throughout the organization
• Drive tough conversations and collaborate to bring the best solutions forward for Cisco

Requirements

• Bachelor of Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related quantitative field OR equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of engineering experience in Java, Javascript, Angular, Python, SQL or other related languages
• 2+ years in an end-to-end Solution Architecture role
• Strong DevSecOps skills including hands-on experience delivering CI/CD platforms, infrastructure as code, logging/monitoring/alerting solutions
• Experience delivering solutions within private and public cloud hosting environments
• Experience utilizing Github Copilot and other current AI capabilities from OpenAI to accelerate a software engineer's productivity

Nice to Have

• Excellent presentation skills and ability to influence using simple communications that convey complex concepts in a compelling, concise, and creative way across a variety of audiences (execs, engineers, industry events)
• Demonstrated experience delivering productivity outcomes to engineering teams in dynamic large scale digital organizations
• Hands-on experience in applying AI based code generation using tools to accelerate application development, automation, and testing (e.g., Github Copilot)

Qualifications

• Educational background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field, or equivalent work experience
• Experience in software engineering with relevant programming languages
• Experience in solution architecture
• DevSecOps expertise
• Experience with cloud hosting environments
• Familiarity with AI tools like Github Copilot

Benefits & Perks

• Access to quality medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Basic life insurance
• Numerous wellbeing offerings
• Up to twelve paid holidays per year, including one floating holiday and a birthday day off
• Vacation time off (up to 16 days for non-exempt employees, flexible policy for exempt employees)
• Eighty hours of sick time off provided on hire and annually thereafter, with carryover up to 160 hours
• Paid time off for volunteering (80 hours annually)
• Additional paid time for critical or emergency issues