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# Principal Software Engineer

- **Company:** Cisco Systems Inc
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Big Data, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Command-Query Responsibility Segregation (Software Development), Data Stores, Elasticsearch, Network Troubleshooting, Networking Basics, Software Engineering, Wireless Networks, Kotlin, Event Driven Architecture, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Docker
- **Published:** September 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/F2CFE872C0EB4A11AF36596059A8F6E9/job/

## About the Role

* Professional software engineering experience building and maintaining production-grade applications using Java, Kotlin, or C++.
 * 4+ years of experience in technical leadership capacity while designing, developing and maintaining large-scale distributed production systems.
 * Proven experience delivering large-scale internet products while collaborating with cross-functional teams outside of your direct line.
 * Demonstrated experience of having mentored software engineers at various levels of experience.
 * Demonstrated experience of having made measurable improvements in developer productivity., * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar.
 * Familiar with Docker, Kubernetes and cloud technologies such as AWS.
 * Experience with processing large data sets on Elasticsearch or similar data stores.
 * Experience with event-driven architectures (CQRS, Kafka Streams etc).
 * Excellent knowledge of computer science and networking fundamentals.

## Description

You will partner with product and engineering leaders across ThousandEyes to determine how best to evolve our technologies, and then roll your sleeves up and help ship these new features. Critical initiatives include bringing our technology into Cisco wireless and security product portfolios and pragmatically leveraging AI to deliver capabilities such as self-service issue diagnosis for users and automated remediation of network issues.

You will be an effective voice for the engineering team as we work across the company, and an enthusiastic team mate in the build and operation of complex systems. You should also be passionate about developer productivity and how we can constantly improve on this.


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