Software Engineer, Backend
$155K - $222K/yr
Programming experience in Rust, Scala, Python. * Experience with observability tooling such asOpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana. * Experience with feature flagging tools such as Launch Darkly.
$155K - $222K/yr
Programming experience in Rust, Scala, Python. * Experience with observability tooling such asOpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana. * Experience with feature flagging tools such as Launch Darkly.
$155K - $222K/yr
Programming experience in Rust, Scala, Python. * Experience with observability tooling such asOpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana. * Experience with feature flagging tools such as Launch Darkly.
Own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for a large backend engineering organization, aligning engineering investments with business and product goals. * Lead, mentor, and grow multiple engineering ...
Own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for a large backend engineering organization, aligning engineering investments with business and product goals. * Lead, mentor, and grow multiple engineering ...
$105K - $138K/yr
This role requires a balance of deep backend expertise, Unity development knowledge, and strong ... Deep expertise in backend engineering with Python and Django * Strong hands-on experience with ...
$105K - $138K/yr
This role requires a balance of deep backend expertise, Unity development knowledge, and strong ... Deep expertise in backend engineering with Python and Django * Strong hands-on experience with ...
Partner closely with product, design, and backend engineers to ship polished, production-ready ... features * Integrate with PostgreSQL and NoSQL data stores through clean, well-structured backend ...
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Partner closely with product, design, and backend engineers to ship polished, production-ready ... features * Integrate with PostgreSQL and NoSQL data stores through clean, well-structured backend ...
Lead a team of backend engineers who own the creative pipeline, supporting their day-to-day execution and removing blockers so the team ships reliably. * Execute on roadmap milestones defined with ...
Lead a team of backend engineers who own the creative pipeline, supporting their day-to-day execution and removing blockers so the team ships reliably. * Execute on roadmap milestones defined with ...
Leawood, KS · On-site
In this role, you will deliver end-to-end features across the stack building scalable backend ... You will partner closely with product owners, business analysts, and other engineers to translate ...
Leawood, KS · On-site
In this role, you will deliver end-to-end features across the stack building scalable backend ... You will partner closely with product owners, business analysts, and other engineers to translate ...
Topeka, KS · On-site +1
$165K - $241K/yr
This popularity comes with large scalability challenges: our backend handles more than 10billionof ... Programming experience in Rust, Scala, Python. * Experience with observability tooling such ...
Topeka, KS · On-site +1
$165K - $241K/yr
This popularity comes with large scalability challenges: our backend handles more than 10billionof ... Programming experience in Rust, Scala, Python. * Experience with observability tooling such ...
$91K - $123K/yr
The team works closely with product managers, backend engineers, web engineers, data scientists, analysts, business teams, and customer-facing teams to make data accurate, timely, scalable, and easy ...
$91K - $123K/yr
The team works closely with product managers, backend engineers, web engineers, data scientists, analysts, business teams, and customer-facing teams to make data accurate, timely, scalable, and easy ...
Software Engineer Kafka / Elasticsearch / Flowable Full Time Overland Park, KS (On-site ) ROLE SUMMARY We are looking for a strong backend engineer with expertise across Kafka, Elasticsearch, and ...
Software Engineer Kafka / Elasticsearch / Flowable Full Time Overland Park, KS (On-site ) ROLE SUMMARY We are looking for a strong backend engineer with expertise across Kafka, Elasticsearch, and ...
Wichita, KS · On-site
$85K - $116K/yr
Collaborate with back-end C#/.Net and AWS data engineers to define clean API contracts and ensure reliable data delivery across services * Write clean, testable, well-documented code and participate ...
Wichita, KS · On-site
$85K - $116K/yr
Collaborate with back-end C#/.Net and AWS data engineers to define clean API contracts and ensure reliable data delivery across services * Write clean, testable, well-documented code and participate ...
Manhattan, KS · On-site +1
$100K - $125K/yr
... backend software development experience. * 2+ years of experience in technical leadership or mentoring roles. * Programming Languages: Expert proficiency in Python; familiarity with Go and/or ...
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Manhattan, KS · On-site +1
$100K - $125K/yr
... backend software development experience. * 2+ years of experience in technical leadership or mentoring roles. * Programming Languages: Expert proficiency in Python; familiarity with Go and/or ...
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Manhattan, KS · On-site
$104K - $137K/yr
... backend software development experience. * 2+ years of experience in technical leadership or mentoring roles. * Programming Languages: Expert proficiency in Python; familiarity with Go and/or ...
New
Manhattan, KS · On-site
$104K - $137K/yr
... backend software development experience. * 2+ years of experience in technical leadership or mentoring roles. * Programming Languages: Expert proficiency in Python; familiarity with Go and/or ...
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Overland Park, KS · On-site
$85K - $116K/yr
Collaborate with back-end C#/.Net and AWS data engineers to define clean API contracts and ensure reliable data delivery across services * Write clean, testable, well-documented code and participate ...
Overland Park, KS · On-site
$85K - $116K/yr
Collaborate with back-end C#/.Net and AWS data engineers to define clean API contracts and ensure reliable data delivery across services * Write clean, testable, well-documented code and participate ...
Lawrence, KS · On-site
$85K - $116K/yr
Collaborate with back-end C#/.Net and AWS data engineers to define clean API contracts and ensure reliable data delivery across services * Write clean, testable, well-documented code and participate ...
Lawrence, KS · On-site
$85K - $116K/yr
Collaborate with back-end C#/.Net and AWS data engineers to define clean API contracts and ensure reliable data delivery across services * Write clean, testable, well-documented code and participate ...
Lenexa, KS · On-site +1
$98K - $134K/yr
This role focuses on building scalable, secure backend AI services, reusable AI capabilities, and ... This engineer independently delivers complex platform capabilities, mentors junior engineers, and ...
Lenexa, KS · On-site +1
$98K - $134K/yr
This role focuses on building scalable, secure backend AI services, reusable AI capabilities, and ... This engineer independently delivers complex platform capabilities, mentors junior engineers, and ...
As a Senior Java Backend Engineer, you'll design and scale the backend services that power continuous vulnerability detection, CVE correlation, and remediation workflows across millions of endpoints.
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As a Senior Java Backend Engineer, you'll design and scale the backend services that power continuous vulnerability detection, CVE correlation, and remediation workflows across millions of endpoints.
You will work with the backend developers, designer, and project manager to implement the sites. In addition to strong HTML and CSS skills, PHP and JS (both jQuery and vanilla JS) experience is ...
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You will work with the backend developers, designer, and project manager to implement the sites. In addition to strong HTML and CSS skills, PHP and JS (both jQuery and vanilla JS) experience is ...
You will work with the backend developers, designer, and project manager to implement the sites. In addition to strong HTML and CSS skills, PHP and JS (both jQuery and vanilla JS) experience is ...
You will work with the backend developers, designer, and project manager to implement the sites. In addition to strong HTML and CSS skills, PHP and JS (both jQuery and vanilla JS) experience is ...
Overland Park, KS · On-site +1
You will work with the backend developers, designer, and project manager to implement the sites. In addition to strong HTML and CSS skills, PHP and JS (both jQuery and vanilla JS) experience is ...
Overland Park, KS · On-site +1
You will work with the backend developers, designer, and project manager to implement the sites. In addition to strong HTML and CSS skills, PHP and JS (both jQuery and vanilla JS) experience is ...
$131K - $235K/yr
Provision and manage backend resources for inference (compute, containers, scaling), and tune ... Work with researchers, evaluation engineers, product managers, and partner engineering teams to ...
$131K - $235K/yr
Provision and manage backend resources for inference (compute, containers, scaling), and tune ... Work with researchers, evaluation engineers, product managers, and partner engineering teams to ...
| Aspect | Back End Programming | Front End Development |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Focus | Server-side logic, databases, application architecture | User interface, website layout, client-side interactions |
| Required Skills | Programming languages like Java, Python, Ruby; database management; server management | HTML, CSS, JavaScript; UI/UX design; responsive design |
| Work Environment | Backend servers, cloud platforms, databases | Web browsers, design tools, client devices |
| Common Certifications | Oracle Java Certification, AWS Certified Developer | Certified Web Developer, Adobe Certified Expert |
Back End Programming focuses on server-side development, managing databases, and application logic, while Front End Development centers on creating the visual and interactive aspects of websites. Both roles are essential for full-stack development but differ in skills, tools, and daily tasks.

$155K - $222K/yr
Full-time
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO
Re-posted 4 days ago
8.0
Based on 42 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz
55th of 156 rated electronics manufacturers
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Meet the Team
The Time Series Data (TSD) team builds andoperatesthe time-series database andsupportingsoftware components that store and serve the telemetry behind Cisco Meraki's Dashboard. Our infrastructure ingests and serves millions of data points per second from a fleet holding petabytes of telemetry-data that powers the network insights customers see in Dashboard and feeds product teams, monitoring, analytics, and data lakes across Cisco.
We'rea small, expert team that owns this software end to end, holds itself to a high bar, and takes an observability-driven approach to high-impact work in areas like reliability, high availability, business continuity, performance, and scalability. 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.
Your Impact
As a member of the Time Series Data team, you will develop, scale, andmaintainthe 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.
In this role you can expect to:
Design, build, ship, analyze, andmaintainscalable, distributed, enterprise software solutions that support the services which record and consume telemetry data.
Build andmaintainbackend components using C++ in a Linux environment.
Focus on increasing reliability, performance, scalability, testability, maintainability, observability, and developer experience.
Work with various groups within Cisco to understand their and our customers' data requirements and requests.
Minimum Qualifications
Distributed Systems:Experience analyzing, scaling, troubleshooting, and debugging distributed systems.
C++ Development:Experience developing software using C++11 or newer standards.
CI/CD & Containerization:Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines (GitLab or GitHub) and deploying applications using containerization and Kubernetes.
Database Management:Experience designing and querying relational databases using SQL (PostgreSQL or MySQL).
Development Lifecycle:Experienceutilizingautomated testing frameworks and LLM-based coding assistants within the software development lifecycle.
Preferred Qualifications
Programming experience in Rust, Scala, Python.
Experience with observability tooling such asOpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana.
Experience with feature flagging tools such as Launch Darkly.
Experiencemaintainingdatabase software.
Experience or willingness toworkingin an agile environment (Scrum, Kanban, etc.).
Able to comment on the difference between 'prompt engineering', 'context engineering', and 'agentic engineering'.
At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. 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. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
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. 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.
We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:The starting salary range posted for this position is $155,000.00 to $222,600.00 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.
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. 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.
U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:
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 ofunused sick timecarried forwardfrom one calendar yearto 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.
For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:
New York City Metro Area:
$155,000.00 - $256,000.00Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:
$138,100.00 - $227,900.00* 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.
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Computer and computer peripheral equipment and software wholesalers
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San Jose, CA, US
1984