At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the development of innovative features for Webex products and mentor fellow engineers.
- Company: Join Cisco's Webex Real-time Media Engineering Group in London.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, hybrid work model, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with a focus on AI and cutting-edge technologies.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on the future of collaboration technology.
- Qualifications: 10+ years coding experience, strong leadership skills, and a passion for problem-solving.
The predicted salary is between 80000 - 100000 £ per year.
Cisco's Webex Real-time Media Engineering Group is redefining the future of collaboration. We're building a world where people connect effortlessly to enjoy modern, uncompromised collaboration across every room, desk, pocket, and application. Our technology powers industry‑leading products like Webex Meetings, Webex Calling, and Webex Contact Center. As a member of our team, your work will ensure every user gets a truly immersive experience regardless of device or location, empowering the hybrid working patterns of the future. Our team is based in one of our central London offices, near Moorgate station. We operate a hybrid working model, meeting to collaborate in the office three times a week. We collaborate with other teams across Cisco in other regions and time zones.
Your Impact
- Lead Full Lifecycle Development: Design, develop, test, monitor, and deliver new features and improvements to our products.
- Leading Technically: Be the leader of the teams’ backlog, identify engineering improvements, challenge technical decisions, drive design and architecture for your teams.
- DevOps & Microservices: Be highly involved in the operational side of our highly available microservice architecture, including being part of an on‑call rotation.
- Adaptable & Problem‑Solver: Tackle varied and challenging problems daily, showing flexibility, a data‑driven focus on quality, and an ability to learn new skills quickly.
- Ownership & Quality: Take responsibility for tasks, from building new functionality to developing automated tests and investigating issues, all with a level of high attention to detail.
- AI: Use a variety of AI tools in your daily workflow for enhanced productivity; contribute to Cisco’s growth by using and applying AI in new scenarios and opportunities.
- Support & Growth: Mentor and train fellow engineers who join us to help them get up to speed and grow their skills.
Minimum Qualifications
- Coding Aptitude: 10+ years of experience programming, primarily in C++ and the willingness to learn new languages quickly as needed.
- Technical Leadership: 5+ years of experience technically leading similar product development.
- Linux: Significant experience with Linux.
- Virtualisation: Experience with virtualisation and containers (such as Docker or Kubernetes).
- Software development lifecycle: Familiarity with Git, DevOps, continuous integration, continuous delivery.
- Networking: Knowledge of networks and networking protocols (such as TCP/IP and HTTP).
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of programming in one or more of the following languages: C#, Java, Rust.
- Experience with audio and video coding, processing techniques, and technologies (such as Opus and H.264).
- Familiarity with Windows development.
- Experience with data science / AI.
- Experience with cryptography and cryptographic libraries.
