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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Engineer - Isovalent Secure Workload Observability (remote) - **Company:** Cisco Systems, Inc. - **Location:** Milpitas, CA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $231,400.0 - $331,800.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, C++ (Programming Language), Cyber Security, Computer Programming, Databases, Database Design, Distributed Systems, Integrated Development Environments, Network Segmentation, Rapid Prototyping Process, Software Construction, Software Engineering, System Programming, AI Infrastructure, ReactJS, Firewalls (Computer Science), Backend, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Complex Event Processing, Cisco, Web Api, Golang, Programming Languages - **Published:** August 9, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/87050147/1 ## About the Role * At least 10+ years' experience building software systems in one or more programming languages such as Go, C++, or Java. * At least 5+ years in a technical leadership role in a software engineering environment * Masters + 10 years related experience, or Bachelors + 12 years of related experience, or PhD + 5 years related experience or equivalent related work experience; degree to be in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field. * Agile experience, * Proficiency in Computer Science foundational areas, including algorithms, systems, databases, performance engineering and security architecture * Proficiency with Golang * Schema/Data modeling design experience * Experience with large-scale event processing architectures * Experience in systems programming and performance engineering * Experience working with security architecture and database design * Kubernetes experience * Experience programming using cloud APIs for AWS, Azure, or GCP * A technical leader who embraces agile methodologies that involve rapid prototyping by feedback gathered from customers, peers and technical solution architects, customer enablement engineers and support engineers. * A software engineering technical leader enjoys architecting, designing, analyzing, and brainstorming solutions that improve the product and produce customer-facing capabilities. ## Description This position is remote within the U.S., with a strong preference for those in the greater San Jose CA metro area who can attend meetings at the office as needed. Meet the Team Isovalent, now part of Cisco, is the company founded by the creators of Cilium and eBPF.Cisco Secure Workload is a flagship security product offering workload protection, micro-segmentation, and is part of the Hybrid Mesh Firewall solution. Cisco Isovalent and Cisco Secure Workload are together building the next generation of products for securing workloads and AI infrastructure. We believe in fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where every team member feels valued, respected, and empowered. We believe that every employee contributes to our success, and we are committed to fostering an environment where everyone can thrive. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and join us in our mission to deliver exceptional products and services. Your Impact We are a highly dynamic engineering organization that works on building software for workload security products that cater to highly complex and scalable customer environments to protect their crown jewel application workloads from increasingly complex threat vectors. As a Principal Engineer with our Backend Services team, you will work with and provide technical leadership to a team of highly motivated engineers working on solutions to ship or deploy for our customers, with a focus on improving Scale, Performance, Reliability, Robustness, and, most importantly, Security. In this role you'll act as a SME, advising on technical vision, roadmaps, leadership, and make architectural contributions in backend services that: * Collect and process telemetry at scale from data sources in customer environments * React to changes in environment and render policies in highly scalable manner to large number of enforcement points * Implement API endpoints that need to respond with minimal latencies even when crunching large volumes of data. * Will be deployed in highly complex distributed system environments and involve failure modes unique to those environments. ## 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) - [Go with the Flow: Stop the Leaks Before Your Memory's a Waterfall!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100073-go-with-the-flow-stop-the-leaks-before-your-memory-s-a-waterfall) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Super scaling for the Super Bowl: How to survive 30 million users hitting your backend in 30 minutes](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100356-super-scaling-for-the-super-bowl-how-to-survive-30-million-users-hitting-your-backend-in-30-minutes) - [Retooling and refactoring - an investment in people.](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/371-retooling-and-refactoring-an-investment-in-people) - [Nest.js - TypeScript in the backend can also be clean](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1033-nest-js-typescript-in-the-backend-can-also-be-clean) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [What is Software Engineering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/289-what-is-software-engineering) - [Is Software Engineering Hard?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/448-is-software-engineering-hard)