Software Engineer

Cisco · Bengaluru · Posted 2026-07-03

Tech stack: Docker, Go, Java, Kubernetes, Linux, MySQL, Python, Unix

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About the role

Our Incident Command Software Engineering team is a diverse and hardworking group that shares a passion for sophisticated software and computer security. We stay a step ahead of the evolving threat landscape in an AI-enabled, fast-paced Agile environment, combining Kanban, continuous integration and deployment, and close collaboration with vendors, partners, and industry leaders.
Responsibilities:
- As a Software Engineer, you will help build and extend next-generation incident detection and response services for Cisco. You will work closely with internal security investigation and analysis teams to design workflows, systems, and processes that deliver reliable, scalable, and effective security services.
- Apply AI tools in software engineering code development, testing, and delivered solutions to meet business goals.
- Develop software consistent with Cisco Design Thinking Principles, with a focus on simplification, user experience, secure coding practices, user privacy, and software development best practices.
- Collaborate on small-to-medium features from technical design through completion, including requirements analysis, design, coding, unit testing, and acceptance testing.
- Prototype automation and tooling that improves detection, prevention, reliability, and security operations capabilities.
- Maintain production application environments, debug software issues, resolve reliability and availability problems efficiently, and participate in on-call support as needed.
Qualifications:
- One to three years of experience in a software engineering role.
- Experience writing software in one or more languages such as Python, Go, Java, or a similar language in a Linux or Unix-based environment, and experience in one or more databases, such as MySQL
- Experience with CI/CD, including building and deploying containers using orchestration platforms such as Docker Swarm or Kubernetes.
- Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and secure, performant, fault-tolerant systems.
- Experience developing software with AI coding generators and reviewing AI-generated code to identify issues and demonstrate understanding of the codebase.
- Experience applying AI technologies to solutions that meet stakeholder needs.
- Full stack development experience.
- Ability to design solutions that efficiently use, move, transform, and supply large amounts of data supporting security operations.
- Experience collaborating with domain experts across security, engineering, vendor, partner, and industry teams.
- Interest in learning internet security from and with a team of experts.

Qualifications

- One to three years of experience in a software engineering role.
- Experience writing software in one or more languages such as Python, Go, Java, or a similar language in a Linux or Unix-based environment, and experience in one or more databases, such as MySQL
- Experience with CI/CD, including building and deploying containers using orchestration platforms such as Docker Swarm or Kubernetes.
- Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and secure, performant, fault-tolerant systems.
- Experience developing software with AI coding generators and reviewing AI-generated code to identify issues and demonstrate understanding of the codebase.
- Experience applying AI technologies to solutions that meet stakeholder needs.
- Full stack development experience.
- Ability to design solutions that efficiently use, move, transform, and supply large amounts of data supporting security operations.
- Experience collaborating with domain experts across security, engineering, vendor, partner, and industry teams.
- Interest in learning internet security from and with a team of experts.

Responsibilities

- As a Software Engineer, you will help build and extend next-generation incident detection and response services for Cisco.
- You will work closely with internal security investigation and analysis teams to design workflows, systems, and processes that deliver reliable, scalable, and effective security services.
- Apply AI tools in software engineering code development, testing, and delivered solutions to meet business goals.
- Develop software consistent with Cisco Design Thinking Principles, with a focus on simplification, user experience, secure coding practices, user privacy, and software development best practices.
- Collaborate on small-to-medium features from technical design through completion, including requirements analysis, design, coding, unit testing, and acceptance testing.
- Prototype automation and tooling that improves detection, prevention, reliability, and security operations capabilities.
- Maintain production application environments, debug software issues, resolve reliability and availability problems efficiently, and participate in on-call support as needed.

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