Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead (Python)

Meet the Team We’re a team in Developer Observability, focused on giving engineers the tools and insights they need to ship faster and smarter. Our work supports teams across the organization by improving decision-making and development workflows. We operate as a distributed team across the US and Poland. Your Impact We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our engineering team and help design, build, and maintain high-quality, scalable systems and data pipelines. You will play a key role in system architecture, setting engineering standards, mentoring other engineers, and driving best practices across the team. This role combines hands-on development with technical leadership and strong collaboration skills. What You’ll Get to Do Design end-to-end, cloud‑native architectures and data pipelines using Python, AWS, and workflow orchestration tools (Airflow/MWAA, Glue). Establish engineering standards, invest in AI‑assisted engineering and testing practices, and improve CI/CD, observability, and developer workflows. Build, containerize, deploy, and operate services using Docker, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD pipelines with strong testing and monitoring. Contribute to high-level technical decisions, write design documentation, review code, and partner with cross‑functional stakeholders. Support other engineers through mentoring, best-practice sharing, and fostering a strong engineering culture. Qualifications 6+ years of experience, with strong system design skills, architecture documentation, and engineering fundamentals. Hands-on experience building production systems with Python, including testing, clean code practices, and API integrations. Practical experience with AWS (IAM, S3, Glue, Athena, MWAA/Airflow), infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), and Git-based workflows. Proven experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and observability/monitoring best practices. Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, lead technical project execution, and contribute to team roadmap development in collaboration with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Nice to Have Experience with another mainstream language (Go, Java, Kotlin) Exposure to cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Redshift) Background in developer productivity or SDLC optimization Experience with Vault or similar secret-management tools 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. 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.