Distinguished Engineer - Commerce Engineering

Cisco is a leading technology company revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era. The Engineering Productivity Distinguished Engineer role focuses on driving engineering productivity and developer experience, shaping technology direction, and influencing strategic roadmaps.

Responsibilities:

• An Engineering Productivity Distinguished Engineer is a recognized global expert across multiple technology domains relevant to Cisco, and represents Cisco's senior technical leadership within Commerce Engineering, Cisco and the external industry
• They are a key driver of engineering productivity and developer experience throughout Cisco IT and will shape the future technology direction of how AI will be used across the full software delivery lifecycle, assisting leadership in establishing strategic roadmaps, driving priorities to meet objectives, and making scalable and sustainable architectural decisions for strategic AI-first engineering themes
• They also have a strong track record of growing and influencing others, working with all levels of senior and executive leadership, fostering an environment where team members feel safe to share ideas, are supported and happy
• An Engineering Productivity Distinguished Engineer requires not only in-depth knowledge of engineering and DevOps best-practices, they also have demonstrated experience delivering productivity outcomes to engineering teams in dynamic large scale digital organizations spread across a distributed global footprint
• They need to bring a blend of excellent communication skills, a strong technical background and a strategic mindset, there is no compression algorithm for experience

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related quantitative field
• 10+ yrs exp in Java, JavaScript, Python, or other related languages
• At least five (5) years prior experience in a similar role delivering developer experience and engineering maturity uplift initiatives including hands on experience delivering CI/CD platforms, infrastructure as code, logging/monitoring/alerting solutions and public cloud hosting solutions
• Demonstrated experience leading large enterprise API strategy and digital transformation programs
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to influence - using simple communications that convey complex concepts in a compelling, concise, and creative way
• Prior experience driving lightweight architecture governance practices in an agile delivery environment
• Experience driving a strong inner-sourcing culture with experience contributing to open-source initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to build a strong talent pipeline though being a technical, architectural, and career development mentor for other engineers
• Ability to constructively challenge existing ways of working and drive productivity outcomes within engineering teams