Software Engineering Technical Lead I, Platform Team - ...

Lead Software Engineer This role follows a hybrid work model, with in-office attendance expected once a week at either the San Francisco or San Jose location. Cisco ThousandEyes is a Digital Experience Assurance platform that empowers organizations to deliver flawless digital experiences across every network even the ones they don't own. Powered by AI and an unmatched set of cloud, internet and enterprise network telemetry data, ThousandEyes enables IT teams to proactively detect, diagnose, and remediate issues before they impact end-user experiences. ThousandEyes is deeply integrated across the entire Cisco technology portfolio and beyond, helping customers deploy at scale while also delivering AI-powered assurance insights within Cisco's leading Networking, Security, Collaboration, and Observability portfolios. Your Impact As a Lead Software Engineer on the Account Management Platform team, you will be responsible for maintaining critical platform APIs such as user management, authentication, and contract enforcement. You will also design and implement microservices that handle high velocity API calls from internal and external systems, as well as orchestrating how these microservices work together to deliver data through our web portal to our customers. Qualifications 7+ years of software development experience Expert-level understanding of at least one object-oriented JVM-based programming language (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Scala) Experience designing scalable, secure systems that integrate with IAM solutions Strategic leadership in guiding software development teams Background working in a fast-paced development environment Preferred Qualifications Strong team collaboration and communication skills Bachelor's degree in computer science or similar Understanding of IAM concepts like authentication, authorization, single sign-on (SSO), role-based access control (RBAC) Experience with IAM frameworks and standards (e.g.: OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, SCIM)

Created: 2026-03-04