Cisco Meraki
Technical Lead, Software Engineer, Physical Security, Remote in the U.S.
Cisco’s Security camera team is a growing, fast-moving team building security cameras with a unique edge-storage architecture, disrupting an industry where innovation is rare. The security cameras blend the elegance and ease of use of high-end consumer systems with the immense scalability, security, and power of enterprise-grade solutions.
Our CultureThrough our intuitive platform, we empower organizations of all sizes to deliver exceptional customer and employee experiences—it's like magic. Our commitment to ground breaking technology is driven by a collaborative, flexible, and inclusive culture. This environment grants our employees the autonomy to develop secure and accessible technology. We connect passionate people to their missions by simplifying the digital workplace.
As a Technical Lead Engineer, you will build an important liaison between our end users and their cameras. Consider the facility manager monitoring live video to keep their campus safe, the security guard investigating a historical incident, or the marketing manager reconfiguring their store layout based on foot traffic analysis; you’ll step into each user’s shoes, collaborating with our product and UX teams to craft intuitive and powerful tools to help our users find the answers and security they seek.
What you will do:- Lead by example as a hands-on architect, building systems alongside the team and guiding engineers to deliver critical 24x7 SaaS solutions.
- Design and develop Smart Camera features end-to-end, ensuring scalability, security, performance, and reliability.
- Collaborate with Product Managers, UX, and engineering teams to gather requirements and translate them into effective database designs and API schemas.
- Contribute to high-performance video streaming web applications across multiple platforms, focusing on seamless and intuitive user experiences.
- Foster a culture of craftsmanship where development and quality engineers collaborate to deliver a high-quality experience throughout the entire product lifecycle.
- Collaborate with team members to define the product vision and create technical roadmaps that align and guide efforts across multi-functional teams.
- 10+ years of experience designing, developing, and testing enterprise-class web applications, with a proven track record to build and evolve large-scale systems from scratch.
- Deep knowledge of backend and full-stack technologies, including JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, Scala (or other object-oriented programming languages), AWS, and Kubernetes.
- Solid understanding and hands-on experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture, container technologies, and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes).
- Experienced in setting technical direction, building consensus, and collaborating across engineering organizations to drive alignment and achieve goals.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Agile methodologies, DevOps, and other standard processes for modern application development.
- Knowledge of camera and video technologies such as RTSP, HLS, WebRTC, Web Sockets, client-side rendering, and CDNs.
- Expertise in object-oriented programming, with a strong focus on backend systems and database design.
- Experience with productionizing AI models and integrating them into enterprise applications.
- Experience building and managing cloud-based infrastructure and services.
- Familiarity with video analytics and performance monitoring tools.
At Cisco Meraki, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, inspire innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.
Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:
When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.
Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. 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 up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
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