Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cisco is a leading technology company specializing in security solutions and identity engineering. They are seeking a Technical Lead to oversee the architecture and development of their Identity Platform, ensuring scalable user experiences and effective lifecycle management for customers.
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture and development of entitlements management, provisioning systems and operational workflows for end-to-end Identity Platform customer lifecycle management
- Provide liaison with US-based Product Management and cross-platform architecture teams
- Lay the foundation for building scalable user experiences for all Identity Platform users and Identity related workflows
- Use specialized expertise to interpret internal or external business needs and recommend best practices
- Solve complex, mission-critical problems and take a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions that stand the test of time
- Influence a defined software engineering roadmap and architectural decisions focusing on security, scalability, and reliability
- Leverage AI-assisted development to deliver business outcomes
- Provide expertise in software development lifecycle and agile engineering strategies across teams and partners
- Lead and mentor others, improve technical design of solutions, and advocate for new features addressing customer needs
- Communicate delivery trade-offs and negotiate with cross-functional partners to align on direction and outcomes
Skills
- Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of related experience, or Master's plus 6 years, or PhD plus 3 years' related experience
- Experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture
- Experience coding in Python or other modern languages with asynchronous programming patterns
- Experience with React and TypeScript including reactive state management, modern build tooling, and component architecture at scale
- Experience building secure frontend applications and micro-frontends designed for integration into a broader platform
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with 3+ years in a technical leadership role
- Experience building REST APIs with OpenAPI/Swagger specifications and code generation workflows
- Experience delivering business outcomes, leveraging AI-assisted development practices
- Experience delivering quality software through automated testing, continuous delivery, and agile methodologies
- Knowledge of authentication and identity protocols: OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, WebAuthn/FIDO2, mTLS
- Solid understanding of security best practices in web development
Benefits
- U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance
- A 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- Paid parental leave
- Short and long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
- Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
- Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
- Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
- For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.
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