Software Engineering Technical Leader, Front-End — Cisco CX Engineering
$186,900–$267,700 year
HybridSan Jose, California, United States
Job Summary
Define technical direction for the front-end platform powering Cisco IQ, owning end-to-end delivery of medium-to-large features from design through production. Mentor engineers through code reviews and establish patterns for AI-assisted development tools like Cursor and GitHub Copilot. Partner with UX, product management, and backend teams to shape metadata-driven UI frameworks and shared component systems. Contribute architectural trade-offs to cross-functional partners while integrating intelligent code generation into daily workflows. This role requires 8+ years of experience in TypeScript/React/Angular and is based in San Jose with a hybrid schedule.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors in a STEM field with 8+ years of experience
- Master's degree with 6+ years of experience
- Experience building production web applications with TypeScript or modern JavaScript (ES6+) in a component-based framework (Angular, React, Vue, or similar)
- Experience architecting and delivering large-scale web applications or multi-team front-end features
- Experience in front-end architecture principles: component-based design, state management, performance optimization, or design system integration
- Experience using AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or equivalent)
- Experience with reactive state management patterns at scale (e.g., signals-based reactivity, NgRx Signals, Redux, MobX, or equivalent)
- 3 days a week onsite at our San Jose, Cisco office
Desired Qualifications
- Experience helping a team adopt AI-assisted development tools effectively
- Experience building or contributing to metadata- or configuration-driven UI frameworks that decouple data structures from presentation
- Angular-specific expertise: signals, standalone components, the modern control flow syntax, and the Angular CLI/build ecosystem
- Experience mentoring engineers through code reviews and design feedback
- Experience designing or working within Micro Front End (MFE) architectures — module federation, independent deployment strategies, and cross-team component integration
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