Distinguished Software Engineer (Identity Engineering) (Remote)

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Responsibilities

• ▹Innovate, develop, and drive industry-leading software, hardware, and technology solutions with global impact
• ▹Serve as an internal and external thought leader on technical direction
• ▹Act as a cross-domain technology leader translating emerging trends into strategic advantage
• ▹Define the long-term technical vision and architecture for platform and identity systems
• ▹Establish engineering and architectural standards across multiple organizations and product lines
• ▹Drive company-wide technology strategy
• ▹Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from concept to delivery
• ▹Mentor senior and principal engineers

Requirements

• ▹Bachelor's degree with 15+ years, Master's with 12+ years, or PhD with 10+ years of related experience designing large-scale software, platform, or distributed systems
• ▹Experience defining and influencing architecture and technical strategy across multiple teams or product lines
• ▹10+ years of experience in platform, identity, or security systems
• ▹8+ years building and scaling highly available, secure, distributed systems in cloud or hybrid environments

Nice to have

• ▹Proven track record of company-wide or industry-level technical impact
• ▹Recognized industry leadership through patents, publications, conference speaking

Soft skills

About the company

Cisco's Identity Engineering Group is a foundational organization transforming Cisco's identity products into a unified identity experience, delivering secure, scalable identity capabilities across humans, agents, and non-human identities.