Senior Software Engineer – Splunk Platform Authorization

Cisco is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its Splunk Platform Authorization team. The role shapes and develops secure, high-performance authorization systems, leads complex engineering initiatives, and influences platform architecture across distributed backend services.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, design, and develop high-performance backend services using C++, while contributing to Go-based services and the modernization of Splunk’s core platform
• Lead technical design discussions and make architectural decisions involving distributed systems, scalability, performance, reliability, and service-to-service trust
• Own complex engineering initiatives from design through execution, breaking down large projects, identifying opportunities for parallel development, and coordinating work across engineers
• Improve and modernize large-scale C++ infrastructure, addressing architectural complexity, technical debt, and the transition toward cloud-native and Kubernetes-based services
• Provide technical guidance through design and code reviews, collaborate across teams, and contribute to production reliability, troubleshooting, and operational support

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field with 7+ years of relevant experience; or a Master's degree with 4+ years of relevant experience; or a PhD with 1+ year of relevant experience
• Software development experience in C++, including designing, maintaining, or enhancing complex backend systems
• Experience designing and developing distributed systems or large-scale backend services in production environments
• Prior experience in software architecture, technical design, and translating complex requirements into scalable engineering solutions
• Experience leading technical initiatives, coordinating implementation across engineers, and driving projects from design through delivery
• Experience with Go and cloud-native infrastructure, including Kubernetes, containers, or microservices
• Experience designing high-performance, highly available systems operating at enterprise scale
• Understanding of identity and access management, authentication, authorization, RBAC/ABAC, or service-to-service trust models
• Experience modernizing large legacy codebases, addressing architectural complexity, and improving system reliability and performance
• Experience with observability platforms, enterprise infrastructure, security systems, or highly distributed cloud services