Software Technical Leader (Remote)

Software Technical Leader (Remote)

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This role can be performed from any location within Canada.

Meet the Team

The Platform Experience Backend team builds the APIs that power Splunk’s visual search and data analysis solutions—enabling users to monitor, analyze, and act on log events, metrics, and time‑series data through intuitive point‑and‑click workflows. We’re working on exciting unannounced big data products that will expand what Cisco and Splunk customers can do with their data in AI workflows. Our team is collaborative, fast‑paced, and ownership‑heavy—skilled engineers who are friendly, open, and genuinely invested in helping each other grow. If you want to design world‑class APIs that shape how customers interact with their data at scale, this is the place!

Your Impact

Architect customer‑facing REST APIs that power user interfaces and enable enterprise customers to automate data management workflows—including complex and long‑running operations at scale.

Shape the technical roadmap for Platform Experience backend services, ensuring architectural alignment across cloud and on‑premise deployments.

Build, test, deploy, and maintain critical backend services. Provide technical guidance and validate the feasibility of proposed designs.

Own multi‑team initiatives from design through production, with full accountability for quality, performance, and customer outcomes.

Optimize services for performance and scalability. Develop testing and profiling strategies that keep production running smoothly.

Define API standards and best practices across the organization, improving API quality and development efficiency within Data Management.

Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and hands‑on guidance—maintaining high standards while helping the team grow.

Partner with designers, frontend engineers, technical writers, and other API teams to negotiate trade‑offs and ship cohesive solutions.

Minimum Qualifications

8+ years of backend development experience with proficiency in Go

Strong software engineering fundamentals : data structures, algorithms, and systems design

Experience architecting backend services on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) using Kubernetes and Docker

Deep knowledge of REST API design and distributed systems concepts (consistency models, concurrency control, CAP theorem)

Strong debugging skills and experience with CI / CD pipelines, automated testing, and performance profiling

Commitment to operational excellence—you think about how your code serves customers in production, not just shipping features

Clear written and verbal communication skills; able to write solid documentation and design docs

Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction across teams

Enthusiasm for AI tools across the software development lifecycle and driving adoption within the team, with accountability for AI‑assisted output

Bachelors + 8 years of related experience, or Masters + 6 years of related experience, or equivalent related work experience.

Salary and Compensation

The starting salary range posted for this position is $144,400.00 to $194,400.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and / or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate’s hiring location, market conditions, job‑related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and / or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

$183,800.00 - $303,100.00 (New York City Metro Area)

$163,600.00 - $269,800.00 (Non‑Metro New York State & Washington State)

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.

Benefits

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long‑term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time. U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below :

10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non‑exempt employees

1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year‑end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

Non‑exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full‑time employees

Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next

Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non‑sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

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. 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%; and

Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Information Technology

Industries

Software Development

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