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Meet the Team
Isovalent (http://www.isovalent.com/) , now part of Cisco, is the company founded by the creators of Cilium (https://github.com/cilium/cilium) and eBPF (https://www.ebpf.io/) . Cisco Isovalent builds open-source software and enterprise solutions solving networking, security, and observability needs for modern cloud-native infrastructure. The flagship technology, Cilium, is the choice of numerous industry-leading global organizations.
As part of Cisco Secure Workload, our team develops enterprise security applications that help organizations secure modern cloud and distributed environments. We build intuitive user experiences that simplify policy management, vulnerability visibility, reporting, and security workflows, enabling customers to confidently manage and protect their infrastructure at scale.
Your Impact
As a Senior Frontend Software Engineer, you will build intuitive, scalable, and high-performing user interfaces for Cisco Secure Workload. You'll develop enterprise-grade frontend experiences that simplify complex security workflows, including policy management, vulnerability visibility, reporting, and operational workflows. Working closely with product managers, UX designers, backend engineers, and quality engineers, you'll help deliver modern, reliable applications that enable organizations to secure cloud-native environments while contributing to the evolution of a scalable frontend architecture.
Design, develop, andmaintainmodern frontend applications using JavaScript/TypeScript and frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue, or similar technologies.
Build intuitive dashboards, reporting experiences, and workflow-driven interfaces for enterprise security applications.
Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, QA engineers, and backend engineers to deliver high-quality features from technical design through production.
Participate in technical design discussions and contribute to scalable, maintainable frontend architecture.
Write clean, maintainable code with comprehensive unit and end-to-end (E2E) test coverage.
Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve software defects while continuously improving application quality and user experience.
Participate in code reviews, provide constructive technical feedback, and mentor less experienced engineers.
Estimate work, communicate progress,identifyrisks early, and contribute effectively within an Agile development environment.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of related experience, orMaster'sdegree with 4+ years of related experience, or PhD with 1+ years of related experience.
Experience developing enterprise-scale frontend applications using JavaScript/TypeScript and modern frontend frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue, Next.js, or similar technologies.
Experience developing enterprise frontend software applications within cloud-native infrastructure, cybersecurity, networking, or similar technology domains.
Experience partnering with product managers, UX designers, and QA engineers to deliverfrontendfeatures throughout the software development lifecycle.
Experience writing automated tests, including unit testing and end-to-end (E2E) testing.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience collaborating with REST APIs and integrating frontend applications with backend services.
Experience troubleshooting, debugging, and resolving software defects in production environments.
Experience with backend technologies such as Go, Node.js, or Ruby on Rails.
Strong communication, collaboration, stakeholder management, and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.
Why Cisco?
At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.
We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:
The starting salary range posted for this position is $165,000.00 to $241,400.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.
Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
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, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:
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.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:
.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and
Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.
For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:
New York City Metro Area:
$165,000.00 - $277,600.00
Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:
$146,700.00 - $247,000.00
For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.
** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.
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Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
