Principal Engineer - ThousandEyes

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  • Location:
    San Francisco, California, US
  • Area of Interest
    Engineer - Software
  • Compensation Range
    227100 USD - 323500 USD
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Software Development
  • Job Id
    1435754

About The Role

The Application Window is expected to close on 4/11/25. However, the job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received. 

As a Principal Engineer at ThousandEyes, you will play a pivotal role in steering the architectural and design direction for a wide array of projects, encompassing AI/ML workloads, on-premises solutions, and cloud-based agents and applications. With the accelerating growth in application connectivity's scale and complexity, your expertise will be critical in swiftly developing innovative solutions to deliver unparalleled Network Assurance to our clients.

What You’ll Do

You will be working across teams in ThousandEyes to ensure optimal architectural direction for our long-term strategies along with Operational Excellence. Our technology stack includes Java, Python, and Kubernetes as well as a wide range of internal tools built for GitOps.

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of software development experience
  • Expert-level understanding of object-oriented programming languages such as Java, Kotlin, Scala, etc.
  • Ability to articulate design choices based on an expert understanding of the product, technology, and ROI
  • Able to handle ambiguity, scope work accurately and provide reliable estimates for project milestones and completion
  • Strong Computer Science fundamentals and object-oriented design skills 
  • Involvement in building large-scale real-time streaming pipelines using Kafka, Flink, or Spark
  • Exceptional team collaboration and communication skills
  • An eye for proactively identifying and resolving risks and issues in production systems
  • Experience working in a fast-paced development environment
  • Ability to mentor peers or other members of the team 
  • Bachelor degree in Computer Science or similar

Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge and use of Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud technologies (AWS, GCP)
  • Understanding of network protocols 
  • Ability to contribute knowledge sharing within the professional community with technical blogs or publications
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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