Software Engineering Technical Leader , Frontend; Hybrid

Lead Frontend Engineer

Join our Frontend Engineering Team to shape and deliver the user experience for Cisco Cloud Control—Cisco's next-generation AI-powered cloud management platform. You'll work in a modern microfront end architecture, build highly interactive and performant interfaces, and collaborate across product, platform, and AI teams to create experiences used globally by internal and external stakeholders.

As a Lead Frontend Engineer you will:

• Build and deliver high-quality, intuitive, and accessible user interfaces in a large-scale React + Type Script monorepo environment.
• Implement sophisticated frontend features using micro frontend and module federation architectures.
• Collaborate closely with backend, design, and platform teams to ensure seamless end-to-end product delivery.
• Maintain and evolve our Nx-based monorepo, enforcing architectural boundaries and advocating best practices.
• Write reliable unit and E2E tests using Jest, React Testing Library, and Playwright, ensuring long-term code quality.
• Contribute to performance optimization, analytics instrumentation, and observability across the frontend system.
• Participate in design discussions, UI reviews, and cross-functional planning sessions.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors + 8 years of related experience, Masters + 6 years of related, or equivalent experience.
• 8–11 years of frontend development experience building production-grade web applications.
• Expertise in React (17/18+), Type Script, and modern JavaScript (ES6+).
• Experience working with monorepos (Nx preferred) and package managers such as pnpm or Yarn work spaces.
• Knowledge of microfront end patterns, Module Federation, and scalable frontend architectures.
• Familiarity with component-driven development, design systems, accessibility, and responsive UI principles.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks (Jest, RTL, Playwright) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal) and the ability to succeed in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of Rspack, Webpack, or similar bundlers.
• Experience with React Router v6/7, Tan Stack Table, or advanced UI interaction libraries (Framer Motion, React DnD).
• Exposure to analytics and monitoring platforms (Amplitude, Sentry), as well as experience with troubleshooting and solving customer problems, including incidents.
• Understanding of backend/REST APIs, GraphQL, or experience collaborating closely with backend engineers.
• Passion for building elegant, reactive and scalable user experiences with a focus on performance and usability.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers or contributing to shared tooling in a monorepo.

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

The starting salary range posted for this position is $ to $ and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
• Non-exempt employees
  ** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
• Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with…