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Principal Software Engineer

Cisco · San Jose, California, United States of America

Cisco is hiring a staff Principal Software Engineer in San Jose, California, United States of America. What you'll do: mentoring and hiring, work across the infrastructure, security, and education domains. Qualifications: a PhD and familiarity with Go, C++, SQL, AWS, and Apache Spark. Full-time, paying $231K.
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Salary
$231k · fulltime
Source
careers.cisco.com
Original link
https://careers.cisco.com/global/en/job/CISCISGLOBAL2010282EXTERNALENGLOBAL/Principal-Software-Engineer
Posted
1 week ago (2026-04-27)
Status
active

Skills: Go, C++, SQL, AWS, Apache Spark

Topics: Infrastructure, Security, Education

Activities: Mentoring, Hiring

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