UI Software Engineer

The application window is expected to close on : November 21, 2025.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

The LIO (Lifecycle Innovation and Optimization) team is a multifaceted group of people working on big ground-breaking, highly visible initiatives and acquired company integrations. The Cisco.com Engineering team within the LIO organization is leading the charge on crafting a first-in-class digital experience for our customers and partners as they interact with our flagship corporate Cisco.com website, which is the largest and most visited digital platform supporting all stages of the lifecycle. We are at the epicenter of developing modern, cloud-native technologies, integrating various artificial intelligence tools & LLM models that allow us to stay agile and adaptable in a constantly evolving market. Pioneers in our field, Cisco.com Engineering team enables customers and partners to increase value with a simple, unified Cisco experience, driving accelerated time to impact!

Your Impact

Lead architecture and hands-on development of components, frameworks, and libraries used across multiple web properties through definition and evolution of the vision, roadmap, and governance model.

Partner with the Senior UI Architect by co leading the component lifecycle-from specs and tokens to API develop and implementation / integration-balancing performance, accessibility (a11y), and component standards.

Develop and run an enterprise-ready, framework-agnostic, web component-based component system to be used in different web application stacks / infrastructure including Adobe Experience Manager (AEM).

Develop and run AEM components using HTL and Sling Models that correspond to components maintained within the component system.

Design and implement templates, component dialogs, and policies used for authoring in AEM using editable templates, content fragments, and experience fragments as well as providing author training and mentorship.

Champion accessibility (WCAG 2.1+) by defining a11y checklists, ARIA patterns, and keyboard support for supported components as well as maintaining outstanding web page performance.

Help drive discovery, design decomposition, spec writing, and UX acceptance for components in the component system.

Mentor and support other developers across multiple scrum teams by defining and promoting code quality standards.

Contribute to design critiques / component reviews with design, research, engineering, and platform teams.

Participate in tool selection, framework evaluation, and technical roadmap planning for UX component system and AEM components.

Assist with coordinating release trains across frontend component system and AEM deployments; communicate breaking changes and deprecations across teams.

Proactively evaluate emerging front-end standards and tools and translate them into practical improvements.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (Bachelor's with 7+ years of relevant experience, or Master's with 4+ years of relevant experience).

7+ years of proven experience in frontend or full-stack development with a focus on large-scale web applications.

3+ years of hands on experience AEM Adobe Experience Manager, including HTL, Core Components, template development, dialogs / policies, client libraries strategy, and authoring workflows.

Deep understanding of designing, building, and scaling modular component systems applying framework agnostic web components.

Expertise in an Nx-managed (or similar) mono-repository comprised of TypeScript, ES Modules, Sass / CSS, Vite, Vitest, ESLint / Stylelint; able to review PRs for UX fidelity and a11y. Experience using Docker as well as Node / npm.

Preferred Qualifications

Deep understanding of WCAG 2.1 AA, ARIA - Accessible Rich Internet Applications, keyboard interaction models, and practical a11y testing.

Strong spec writing and documentation (JSDoc / TypeDoc, READMEs, AEM authoring guides).

Semantic versioning, change-logs, Gitflow branching; coordination across engineering and AEM release pipelines.

Excellent multi-functional communication; ability to align diverse partners and empower authors.

Why Cisco?

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.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and / or Canada :

The starting salary range posted for this position is $165,000.00 to $241,400.00 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.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies :

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

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 critical or emergency issues for family members

Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows :

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 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below :

New York City Metro Area :

$165,000.00 - $277,600.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state :

$146,700.00 - $247,000.00

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.