Senior Software Engineer; Hybrid - ES Threat Detections

Meet the Team

This role is hybrid with a balance between onsite and remote work.

The ES Threat Detections engineering team is home to promising talent and is pivotal in shaping the roadmap for Enterprise Security's content management. Their work on evolving detection methodologies positions them at the forefront of cybersecurity innovation, directly impacting how organizations detect and mitigate threats effectively. The team consists of dedicated engineers who are not only technically skilled but also highly collaborative and fun to work with.

They foster a high-performance culture that values innovation, teamwork, and continuous improvement, making it an exciting and rewarding environment.

We are a passionate, collaborative team that cares deeply about our customers and teammates. In this role, you will work directly with Product Management, Architects, our Design and other engineering teams to help derive the best experience for the customer. We have a lean process that focuses on empowering and serving our engineers as opposed to just advising them.

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will lead, inspire, and develop a high-performing team that delivers innovative AI/ML solutions r leadership will shape the AI strategy, guide scientific and engineering innovation, and ensure Splunk’s products remain at the cutting edge of cybersecurity and observability. You will:

• Develops software consistent with Cisco ‘Design Thinking Principles’ with a focus on simplification and UX (User Experience) at its core, using secure coding practices, ensuring user privacy, and following software development best practices.

• Partners with other teams including design and product management to create the right solution for the customers.

• Creates technical design documentation to be used by the team as well as contributing to user documentation to be used by end users.

• Debugs and addresses software issues during development and in production systems to support customers.

• Brings new ideas for product innovation and helps improve software development processes.

• Recognized as an expert within Cisco.

• Proactively identifies and participates in the resolution of complex problems that impact the direction of the business.

• Develops and delivers innovative strategies that benefit customers and/or clients.

• Leads major business projects which impact a region or entire function.

• Contributes to the development of annual organizational objectives/priorities.

• Builds and maintains long-term relationships with key stakeholders to ensure products and services reflect the needs and direction of the business.

• Translates and influences the regional or functional strategic vision into a technical vision with clear engineering priorities, ensuring understanding and alignment across teams.

• May lead projects that span the business segment, function or region.

• May drive large features from technical design through completion.

• Leads the development and implementation of software development lifecycle and agile engineering strategies across applicable teams in anticipation of the changing software development environment.

• Influences technical direction and deliverables across the function.

• Recognizes and makes trade-offs with respect to the whole system and defines new product categories.

• Leads design choices within the context of all Cisco offerings.

• Drives product success through creating metrics and influencing product adoption and direction.

• Writes and sets the standard for functional clean code.

• Develops and drives utilization and support for processes for issue identification and sustainable response, proactive tooling, and continuous improvement for production systems.

• Industry or thought leader on scale, performance, or design patterns.

• May represent or present team outputs at external events.

• Communicates product or program priorities, deadlines, and shifts in requirements in the context of engineering priorities and user needs.

• Negotiates and drives trade-offs in timing, design, and specifications to meet the needs of users and cross-functional partners.

• Leads, mentors, and influences senior engineers.

• Improves knowledge sharing…