Software Engineering Technical Leader, Backend Services - Isovalent

h3Meet the Team /h3pIsovalent, now part of Cisco, is the company founded by the creators of Cilium and eBPF. Cisco Secure Workload is a flagship security product offering workload protection, micro-segmentation, and is part of the Hybrid Mesh Firewall solution. Cisco Isovalent and Cisco Secure Workload are together building the next generation of products for securing workloads and AI infrastructure.br/ /ppWe believe in fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where every team member feels valued, respected, and empowered. We believe that every employee contributes to our success, and we are committed to fostering an environment where everyone can thrive.

We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and join us in our mission to deliver exceptional products and services. /ph3Your Impact /h3pWe are a highly dynamic engineering organization that works on building software for workload security products that cater to highly complex and scalable customer environments to protect their crown jewel application workloads from increasingly complex threat vectors. /ppAs a Technical Lead for backend services, you will work with and provide technical leadership to a team of highly motivated engineers working on solutions to ship or deploy for our customers, with a focus on improving Scale, Performance, Reliability, Robustness, and, most importantly, Security. /ppIn this role you’ll provide technical leadership and make architectural contributions in backend services that: /pullipCollect and process telemetry at scale from data sources in

customer environments. /p /lilipReact to changes in environment and render policies in highly scalable manner to large number of enforcement points. /p /lilipImplement API endpoints that need to respond with minimal latencies even when crunching large volumes of data. /p /lilipWill be deployed in highly complex distributed system environments and involve failure modes unique to those environments. /p /li /ulh3Minimum Qualifications /h3ullipAt least 9+ years' experience building software systems in one or more programming languages such as Go, C++, or Java. /p /lilipTechnical leadership experience in a software engineering environment /p /lilipAgile experience /p /lilipBachelor's degree with 11+ years of related experience, Master's with 9+ years, PhD with 4+ years, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience /p /li /ulh3Preferred Qualifications /h3ullipProficiency in Computer Science foundational areas, including algorithms, systems, databases, performance engineering and security architecture /p /lilipSchema/Data modeling design experience /p /lilipExperience with large-scale event processing architectures /p /lilipExperience in systems programming and performance engineering /p /lilipExperience working with security architecture and database design /p /lilipKubernetes experience /p /lilipExperience programming using cloud APIs for AWS, Azure, or GCP /p /lilipA professional who embraces agile methodologies that involve rapid prototyping by feedback gathered from customers, peers and technical solution architects, customer enablement engineers and support engineers. /p /lilipA technically skilled leader who enjoys

architecting, designing, analyzing, and brainstorming solutions that improve the product and produce customer-facing capabilities /p /li /ulh3Why Cisco? /h3pAt Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. /ppFueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale.

Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. /ppWe are Cisco, and our power starts with you. /p