Cisco

Senior Software Engineering Manager (Hybrid)

San Jose, California, US · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$211k-$305kDetected 6 days ago

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About the role

The application window is expected to close on: 07/31/2026 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
This position is a hybrid role, requiring the employee to work both onsite at our San Jose, CA office and remotely.
Candidates should be comfortable with a flexible work arrangement that balances in-office collaboration and remote work.

Lead engineering teams responsible for delivering secure, scalable Automation and Response capabilities across cloud and enterprise environments.
Own execution across feature planning, release readiness, production operations, customer escalations, security response work, and long-term product quality.
Drive high standards for customer trust by ensuring features are observable, supportable, reliable, safely deployable, and designed to minimize customer impact.
Use AI-assisted workflows, shared skills, and automation to reduce management overhead, improve engineering judgment, accelerate triage, strengthen planning, and expand the team's ability to deliver.
Build and develop a high-accountability engineering culture where managers and engineers understand customer impact, communicate clearly, close work reliably, and continuously improve how the team operates.
12+ years of software engineering experience building cloud, enterprise, security, infrastructure, or distributed systems.
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.
Fueled 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.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of engineering management experience leading teams through planning, delivery, operations, customer escalations, and performance management.
Experience with cloud-native development, CI/CD, test automation, observability, production operations, and secure software delivery.
Experience using AI-assisted development, automation, agentic workflows, prompts, or custom skills to improve engineering planning, execution, triage, review, testing, operations, or management workflows.

Experience with security automation, response workflows, orchestration platforms, case triage, or enterprise security products.
Strong technical judgment across architecture, roadmap planning, release readiness, operational risk, observability, customer escalation handling, and root-cause prevention.
Track record of hiring, coaching, and growing engineering managers, senior engineers, and technical leaders in a fast-moving environment.
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.
For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota
1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%
1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%

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.
Experience building repeatable operating systems for engineering teams, including ownership models, tracking hygiene, on-call health, customer escalation handling, and cross-team dependency management.
Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training.

Join the Automation and Response team at Splunk, a Cisco company, as we help customers respond to security events faster, more consistently, and with greater confidence.
We build the automation and response capabilities that let security teams orchestrate workflows, reduce manual toil, and take action on behalf of their organizations at machine speed.
$189,300.00 - $312,200.00 * 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.
At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond.
These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

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