Duo Security

Software Engineer, Backend

San Francisco, California, United States of America · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$153k-$219kDetected 27 days ago

RustC++ScalaDistributed SystemsGitSQLPostgreSQLMySQLCI/CDLinuxPrometheusData EngineeringLLMsAgileTest AutomationCisco

About the role

The application window is expected to close on: 07/28/2026 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
This role suits someone who wants to go deep on core data infrastructure in C++, take on real responsibility, and learn from the engineers around them.
Focus on increasing reliability, performance, scalability, testability, maintainability, observability, and developer experience.

Design, build, ship, analyze, and maintain scalable, distributed, enterprise software solutions that support the services which record and consume telemetry data.
Build and maintain backend components using C++ in a Linux environment.
As a member of the Time Series Data team, you will develop, scale, and maintain the platforms and services which sustain several Cisco services and data platforms, including the flagship Meraki Dashboard product.
You will work with many different people within Engineering and throughout Cisco to help build the infrastructure and data pipelines to power their data-driven decisions.

Distributed Systems: Experience analyzing, scaling, troubleshooting, and debugging distributed systems.
Development Lifecycle: Experience utilizing automated testing frameworks and LLM-based coding assistants within the software development lifecycle.
Experience analyzing, scaling, troubleshooting, and debugging distributed systems.

Programming experience in Rust, Scala, Python.
Experience with observability tooling such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana.
Experience with feature flagging tools such as Launch Darkly.
Experience maintaining database software.
Experience or willingness to working in an agile environment (Scrum, Kanban, etc.).
Able to comment on the difference between 'prompt engineering', 'context engineering', and 'agentic engineering'.
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.

Experience designing and querying relational databases using SQL (PostgreSQL or MySQL).

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan.
The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks.
Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training.

$135,800.00 - $224,400.00 * For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined. ** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.
Cisconians power the future.
We make impact as a team, innovating fast and fearlessly to create meaningful solutions on a large scale.
The depth and breadth of our technology doesn't just benefit our customers - it also means limitless opportunities for us to experiment and learn.
We understand the power each of our unique backgrounds bring when we work together.
Because of that, we have a global network of thinkers, doers, experts, and curious creators who help one another do their life's best work.
Work with various groups within Cisco to understand their and our customers' data requirements and requests.

This listing is sourced directly from Duo Security's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.