Leader, Software Engineering at Cisco

• Job Location San Francisco, CA
• Seniority Mid-Senior Level
• Type Full-time

Description

The Application Window Is Expected To Close On Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received .

We are looking for an experienced leader able to work with Product Management, the UX/UI Design Team, and a collaborative set of engineering teams to envision and deliver a premier product to our customers.

They take ownership of their domain, are driven to solve problems at multiple levels and effortlessly adapt to evolving business and customer needs.

Collaboration and partnerships are paramount in our company culture and want leaders who can communicate at a high level but can also talk in low level details to achieve the greater goal.

Enables the engineering team to improve and optimize the engineering processes and infrastructure to deliver a great experience to the engineering organization for building products.

Directs the activities of a software systems development function, software applications development function, and a software quality assurance function for software enhancements and new products including cloud-based or internet-related tools.

What You’ll Do Recruit, mentor, and grow and inspire a set of extraordinary engineers Lead a team of software engineers in the design, development and implementation of products or foundational technology Drive large and/or complex projects from technical design through completion Collaborate multi-functionally to ensure technical standards (e.g., potentially with external technology providers, and any internal technology dependencies) Contribute to and maintain processes and standards (e.g., for design reviews, security, and testing) Provide feedback and insight into standards and practices while identifying areas for improvement in process, architecture, design, and security Consider all aspects of security from secure development practices to proper security architecture functionality Manage product and/or system level tradeoffs and design decisions to drive quality and consistency; updates team priorities as appropriate Accountable for quality of product within area of responsibility; make recommendations to products and services with respect to issues, opportunities and improvements, focusing on quality and performance Contribute to product roadmap discussions and provide schedules and resource estimates, drives successful project and/or product development May lead discussions with customers and/or stakeholders to explain solutions, gather feedback, and work with cross functional teams to ensure feedback is reflected in design decisions and deployment Work multi-functionally to define, drive, and deliver key projects in timely manner (e.g., Product Management, Operations, QA Firmware, Software, Mechanical, Vendors) Minimum Qualifications Typically: Bachelors + 15 years of related experience, or Masters + 12 years of related experience, or PhD + 8 years of related experience Also requires 4+ years of supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications Prior experience developing security products such as Security Information and Event Management solutions.