Senior Software Engineer – Control Plane (Go/Kubernetes) - Hypershield
San JoseRemote (US)senior$184K – $264K
Posted today · via Workday
About this role
The application window is expected to close on: 08/31/2026 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received . Note: This is a remote U.S. based role, requiring work within the Pacific Time Zone. Meet the Team Join Cisco’s Cisco Hypershield team, where we are building the next generation of distributed security infrastructure for modern networking environments. Within Hypershield, the Smart Switch team develops foundational security capabilities that extend across multiple Cisco platforms, including switching, routing, and firewall systems.…
What we'd score you on
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Skills match
For this role: go, c++, grpc, rest, kubernetes…
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Level fit
This role is senior-level. We check your trajectory against it.
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Domain experience
Your work in the role's domain matters more than your years total. We weight recent and direct experience.
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Recency
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Location fit
This role is remote-eligible — we factor in your stated location and time-zone overlap.
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Skills in this role
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goc++grpcrestkubernetesteamssplit
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