Technical Lead - Full Stack (Ruby on Rails) - MX Service Provider - 10+yrs

At Cisco Meraki, we know that technology can connect, empower, and drive us. Our mission is to simplify technology so our customers can focus on what's most meaningful to them: their students, patients, customers, and businesses. We’re making IT and security easier, faster, and smarter with technology that simply works. Our full-stack teams build and maintain our web applications, which manages millions of network devices from our cloud. Our customers use the Meraki Dashboard to monitor and configure critical IT infrastructure that serves tens of millions of people every single day.

We're looking for a Full Stack Senior SW Engineer to join us - the Security and SD-WAN product dashboard team. You'll be part of the team that develops cutting edge networking and security solutions on a cloud-based platform in a high-impact and fast-paced environment. Your contributions will drive the direction and success of our frontend and backend codebase. You will utilize your experience to influence the way our users interact with our software to solve complex problems with a focus on simplicity and usability.

What you will do:

• Take a leading role in designing and implementing highly scalable next-generation dashboard applications for Meraki.
• Demonstrate innovation, mentorship, and coaching skills, while staying informed and passionate about emerging opportunities in the field.
• Solve complex scaling challenges to ensure a seamless user experience and high uptime.
• Identify and solve performance bottlenecks in our web application.
• Lead by example as a hands-on architect, actively participating in the development of systems alongside the team.
• Contribute significantly to production code and provide guidance to junior engineers through code reviews.
• Utilize advanced development skills for problem-solving, debugging, and troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with firmware engineers, UX designers, and product managers to design, iterate, and implement new security and SD-WAN features within the Meraki Dashboard for our customers.
• Act as a technical leader, assisting other specialists in making architectural design decisions and promoting engineering best practices.
• Foster unity among team members, motivating them to perform at their best.

You are an ideal candidate if you:

• Have 10+ years of experience writing professional production code and tests
• Have 3+ years of experience in building rich web UIs with React (and Redux) or similar frameworks
• Have 3+ years of experience in web backend technologies, like Ruby on Rails, Node.js, etc.
• Skilled in building large-scale web applications and distributed services either from scratch or by evolving existing systems.
• Experience working on large scale systems
• Demonstrate a sense of ownership throughout the entire development process, from conception to production release, by effectively influencing and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Thrive in a small engineering team environment and enjoy tackling open-ended challenges across different layers of the technology stack.
• Display strong leadership skills as an individual contributor and aspire to grow into a tech lead role.
• Exhibit passion for your work and have the ability to inspire and motivate those around you.

Bonus points for:

• Experience with Ruby on Rails, React, and Postgres.
• Experience building cloud-based infrastructure and services (e.g. web applications). 
• Experience or interest in security or networking

We encourage you to drop us a line even if you don’t have all the points above. That's a lot of different areas of responsibility! We will help you pick them up because we believe that great engineers come from diverse backgrounds.

Meraki is based in the Mission Bay area of San Francisco, with breathtaking views of the Oracle Ballpark and the Bay beyond. If you opt for being onsite, you will be able to access to an onsite gym, multiple kitchens stocked with high-quality snacks, a coffee bar, and catered lunches every day.

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.

At Cisco Meraki, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, inspire innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.