Software Engineer, Smart Cameras

Cisco is hiring a Software Engineer for its Smart Camera team, which builds cloud services and infrastructure for video streaming, exports, and cloud storage. The role focuses on scaling reliable backend services and APIs, owning them from design through production, and collaborating on architecture and roadmaps while supporting the full stack as needed.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain robust services for cloud video streaming, exports, and cloud video storage
• Design and implement high-performance APIs and backend services integrated into the Meraki Dashboard
• Develop scalable solutions on AWS with a rigorous focus on high availability, fault tolerance, and system performance
• While your primary focus is backend engineering, you will demonstrate the versatility to contribute across the full stack, including UI components and firmware interactions as needed
• Own your services from design through deployment, including comprehensive testing, instrumentation, and production observability
• Drive the resolution of complex production issues, lead post-mortems, and author root-cause analyses to improve system resilience
• Partner with Product Managers and partner teams to define requirements, architecture, and long-term project roadmaps

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or equivalent) with 3+ years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 2+ years of experience
• Experience in production Go, TypeScript, or an equivalent statically-typed programming language; and in a scripting language like Ruby
• Experience in backend software including REST-ful API design and relational databases
• Experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Experience applying AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot, Cursor, Claude) to accelerate velocity and code quality
• (preferred) or Python
• Full-stack development experience, specifically with React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystems
• Demonstrated experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
• Domain expertise in video streaming protocols (RTSP, HLS, WebRTC)
• Advanced experience with AWS services (Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB) and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)