Software Engineer

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Who We Are   Outshift by Cisco is the emerging tech incubation group that explores, identifies, and creates new businesses for Cisco. We are passionate about being at the cutting edge of technology, taking Cisco into new markets and building exciting products that solve tomorrow’s biggest challenges. Like a startup, we take an entrepreneurial approach to success. We incubate ideas into products that solve critical needs, then deliver an experience that delights users and customers from MVP to full-blown commercial offering.   Outshift is about innovation. We look from 12 months out to five years into the future, flexibly working to solve problems instead of fitting into a defined job description. We celebrate learning, and expect our teams to fail fast, challenging assumptions and finding new ways of solving problems. Outshifters enjoy gaining experience across a breadth of technological and business challenges and can expect to shift across products/problems and build new skills regularly. We’re building the next wave of startup-like innovation with the support of a trusted name like Cisco. Where else will you get to do this? Come create with us.   Learn more about us at outshift.com.   Who You'll Work With   The Outshift team is highly visible within Cisco as it's leading the future innovation for the business. As part of the Strategy, Incubations & Applications group led by Cisco’s Chief Strategy Officer, you’ll be working with some of the organization’s most forward thinkers. In this role, you can expect to work with engineering, design, and scientists in defining and executing the product plan:

• Conduct customer, market, competitive, and industry research. Additionally, have a proven grasp on overall landscape for generative AI machine learning models, tooling, and/or applications, and develop a clear strategy around how to elevate competitive differentiators.
• Own the creation of Minimal Viable Product (MVP) definition and then defining a product roadmap that elevates the competitive differentiators at every stage. Define customer value prop and return on investment at each stage.
• Work with marketing and business development teams in identifying and executing effective Go-To-Market (GTM) strategies for your product. Establish Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and metrics to track progress.
• Key metrics & measures – Establishing milestones & metrics to evaluate the success and failure of the project. Also, pay close attention to metrics and measures important to customer stakeholders and establish a compelling Return On Investment (ROI) for them.
• Collaborate with marketing team in identifying key collaterals – product documents, data sheets, value props, sales decks, ROI calculators, demo videos (it is especially important for the product manager to own demo scripts and video during MVP and initial stages of the product life cycle).

  What You’ll Do   You will build and lead engineering advocacy as a critical bridge between our Product, Engineering and Marketing groups, and our open-source community. Primary responsibilities of this role include:

• Create and nurture a community where people can learn about the impact that cloud native security can have on their teams, on our product, and how they can influence it.
• Identify the best channels and engage with our users (e.g., Github, discussion forums, technical demos, events, social media or direct feedback sessions) to build a positive and strong relationship between the developers community and our product & engineering teams, enabling us to build the best solution.
• Build and publish engaging content : construct helpful examples and guides, ensure documentation meets the community needs, create engaging and educating blog posts, and share excellent community-created content alongside curated case studies.
• Participate in discussions with the technical staff, at all levels (from individual contributors to executives), to foster user adoption and viral growth, and feed our product roadmap with community feedback.
• Develop and execute holistic launch plans for major releases and updates to our product : understand the scope of changes, work with developers to assess impact, construct a timeline for rollout, and develop a process to guide the community through changes.

  Who You Are   Minimal Requirements :

• 5+ years professional experience working as a software engineer, including:
• Rallying internal partners and project managing on a deadline. In particular, you've partnered with engineering teams to deliver anticipated products.
• Working on Open-Source products.
• Solid technical background, with previous experience in cloud native security solutions.
• Strong presence in the developer community.
• Exceptional external communicator, adept at interfacing with partners and large audiences.
• Creative, with an informed curiosity about marketing and business opportunities that the Open-Source Product Office will build for Cisco.
• Skilled community leader, at your best when advising and engaging with large communities, so they can gain members and momentum over time.
• Ready to own a program end-to-end and build an organization that will grow as a pillar of the company.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

  Preferred Requirements :

• Has owned and edited technical documentation.
• Has developed tutorial materials (e.g., self-guided tutorials, videos, knowledge bases) to onboard and educate users.

  Why Cisco   #WeAreCisco, where each person is unique, but we bring our talents to work as a team and make a difference powering an inclusive future for all. We embrace digital, and help our customers implement change in their digital businesses. Some may think we’re “old” (36 years strong) and only about hardware, but we’re also a software company. And a security company. We even invented an intuitive network that adapts, predicts, learns and protects. No other company can do what we do –you can’t put us in a box! But “Digital Transformation” is an empty buzz phrase without a culture that allows for innovation, creativity, and yes, even failure (if you learn from it.) Day to day, we focus on the give and take. We give our best, give our egos a break, and give of ourselves (because giving back is built into our DNA.) We take accountability, bold steps, and take difference to heart. Because without diversity of thought and a dedication to equality for all, there is no moving forward. So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That’s cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us. We recognize that diverse teams make the strongest teams, and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

 

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, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.

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.