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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Cisco Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** Durham, NC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $101,500.0 - $144,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Application Performance Management, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Python (Programming Language), MySQL, NoSQL, Ruby on Rails, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Software Vulnerability Management, Scripting, Google Cloud, Large Language Models, Prompt Engineering, Backend, Information Technology, Restful APIs, Cisco, Programming Languages, Microservices
- **Published:** July 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/87680179/1

## About the Role

* BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
 * 5+ years of software engineering experience using Ruby on Rails.
 * 2+ years of experience integrating LLM APIs, such as OpenAI, Google Gemini, or Anthropic, into backend services via REST or SDK.
 * 2+ years of experience with prompt engineering, structured output extraction, and agentic/tool-use patterns, such as MCP or function calling.
 * Experience building and consuming RESTful web services using microservices architecture patterns, along with experience using MySQL and NoSQL databases.

Preferred Qualifications

 * Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
 * Scripting experience with Python.
 * Full-stack development experience.
 * Strong collaboration, communication, strategic planning, and execution skills in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

## Description

You will be part of a dynamic and growing team responsible for securing Cisco's global software supply chain. Our diverse software engineering team creates Cisco's software bill of materials (SBOMs) in response to the U.S. Executive Order on Cybersecurity and provides vulnerability management services to engineering teams. We develop internal solutions using Ruby on Rails, Python, and other modern programming languages to deliver highly accurate and traceable SBOMs across Cisco's entire software product portfolio.

Your Impact

As a Software Engineer for Build Artifact Security, you will develop technologies that transform how teams secure software and interact with security tools and results. You will anticipate customer needs, innovate with purpose, and help solve complex challenges as we continue our mission to ensure highly accurate and traceable SBOMs for Cisco's software products.

 * Design, develop, and maintain backend services and applications using Ruby on Rails and modern software engineering practices.
 * Integrate LLM APIs such as OpenAI, Google Gemini, or Anthropic into backend services using REST APIs or SDKs.
 * Build and optimize RESTful web services using microservices architecture patterns to improve application performance and scalability.
 * Develop solutions that support SBOM generation, vulnerability management, and software supply chain security.
 * Collaborate with cross-functional engineering and security teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure software solutions.


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