Leader, Software Engineering - Go/Python - Container/Kubernetes - SaaS/Public cloud - AI - 12 to 16 years - Bangalore
Cisco
·Today
- Location
- IND-BANGALORE, India
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Engineering
- Seniority
- Lead
- Source
- Workday
Description
Meet the Team
Join a dynamic Engineering Team at Cisco, where we are redefining enterprise software development through modern AI-driven tools and rapid innovation. Our team’s purpose is to design, build, and scale internal / external applications that streamline operations, reduce third-party software costs, and accelerate Customer’s and Cisco’s digital transformation. You’ll collaborate with a highly skilled, matrixed group of developers, technical experts, and multi-functional partners from Platform, Product Management, and Delivery organizations. The team thrives in an agile, collaborative environment that values bias to action, continuous learning, and the opportunity to influence core business outcomes. If you’re excited about being on the forefront of AI-enabled engineering at scale, this is the place for you.
Your Impact
As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a high-performing team responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of our applications. You will drive innovation in application development, ensure rigorous quality through functional and performance testing, and oversee the seamless deployment of solutions into production. You will be a key advocate for modern engineering practices, specifically focusing on robust CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment) processes to accelerate delivery and maintain high system reliability.
Key Responsibilities
- Leadership & Strategy: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
- Application Development: Oversee the design, development, and maintenance of scalable, high-quality software applications.
- Quality Assurance: Define and implement strategies for functional and performance testing to ensure product stability and performance before production release.
- CI/CD Excellence: Champion the end-to-end CI/CD process, ensuring automated pipelines are efficient, secure, and reliable.
- Operational Support: Provide leadership support for production environments, ensuring high availability and rapid incident resolution.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with product management, architecture, and operations teams to align engineering efforts with business objectives. Drive the Execution Commit process and deliver based on the commitment.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Proven experience in software engineering leadership, managing teams in an agile environment.
- Experience managing distributed engineering teams in a global organization.
- Strong technical background in application development and modern software delivery lifecycles.
- Deep understanding of CI/CD methodologies, automation tools, and performance testing frameworks.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and team-building skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with cloud-native technologies and infrastructure-as-code.
- Demonstrated ability to drive technical transformation and process improvements.
Why Cisco?
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. Simply put – we power the future. 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 everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
Why Cisco?
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.