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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Software Engineer - **Company:** Cisco Systems, Inc. - **Location:** Durham, NC, United States - **Salary:** $222,900.0 - $295,200.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Data Analysis, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Databases, Data Infrastructure, Digital Technology, Search Algorithms, SQL Databases, Systems Integration, Apache Spark, Data Analytics, Splunk, Data Pipelines, Cisco - **Published:** July 11, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/8571D75E63BF40A9AE866CDED4A1C220/job/ ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree and 15+ years of related experience, or Masters + 12 years of related experience, or PhD + 10 years of related experience * Experience designing systems that fit into a larger Data Platform Architecture * Experience developing2-3 yeartechnical roadmap for the organization working with Distinguished Engineers and Senior Product Leaders * Hands on working experience with AWS, C++/Go and SQL-like databases * Experience with both Cloud based and On-Prem Solutions * Experience and skill with mentoring, growing, and leading a diverse group of technical leaders on large scale projects * Experience in architecting and designing Data Orchestration or Data Catalog products * Experience with data bases, dataformatsand search techniques, * Excellent written technical communication skills, and skilled at addressing and incorporating feedback on technical documentation * Exposure to Spark as an engine and integrating it with other products * Expertisein solving conflicting technical requirements and timelines with an eye towards the best outcomesinthe least time. ## Description Cisco & Splunk are here to build a safer and more resilient digital world. The world's leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. While customers love our technology, it's our people that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination and why we've won so many awards as one of the best places to work. We want to build the best possible team, with experts and skills of all sorts, to help our customers answer all possible questions with their data, even those they don't know they have. Search and Analytics are the core functions of the Splunk Platform. We are responsible for high performance, high efficiency data analytics, both wide-spectrum and needle-in-a-haystack, as well as everything in between. Our customers depend on us to reliably, consistently, and performantly find and surface answers to their questions across disparate data, with or without schema, with or without structure. Your Impact * As a Principal Engineer, you willbe responsible forchartering the vision and direction of Search and Analytics engineering. In this role you will: * Be the technical leader, coach, and mentor for a world class team of Senior Staff and Staff Engineers working across different projects in Search. * Develop architectural north stars and guide the design and evolution of the product and platform incrementally towards those north stars. * Iterate with teams and leads on tactical and strategic improvements to both the product and our internal development and design approaches. * Be responsible and accountable for leading one or more specific projects to launch and customer adoption, while ensuring the overall thrust of engineering is coherent and in step across different projects. * Collaborate with our Product team to build a strong roadmap for Search and Analytics offerings across different customer focuses. * Liaise with technical leaders and architects across Cisco to shape the technical direction of Search and Analytics, as well as nearby and far away products that relate to our work. ## Related Videos - [How Cisco embraced a DevOps culture within its network engineering team](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/99-how-cisco-embraced-a-devops-culture-within-its-network-engineering-team) - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Kubernetes and Microservices with Multi-Model Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/382-kubernetes-and-microservices-with-multi-model-databases) - [Our journey with Spring Boot in a microservice architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/511-our-journey-with-spring-boot-in-a-microservice-architecture) - [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1030-modern-data-architectures-need-software-engineering) - [Fault Tolerance and Consistency at Scale: Harnessing the Power of Distributed SQL Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1146-fault-tolerance-and-consistency-at-scale-harnessing-the-power-of-distributed-sql-databases) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Software Engineer Career: Things You Should Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/143-software-engineer-career-things-you-should-know) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Best Countries for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/267-best-countries-for-software-engineers) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [How Much Does a Software Engineer Make? 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