Software Engineer - Graduate - Slovakia

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Meet the Team Cisco's Webex Engineering Group is redefining the future of collaboration. We're building a world where people connect effortlessly to enjoy modern, uncompromised collaboration across every room, desk, pocket, and application. Our technology powers industry-leading products like Slido, Webex Meetings, Webex Calling, and Webex Contact Center. As a member of our team, your work will ensure every user gets a truly immersive experience regardless of device or location, empowering the hybrid working patterns of the future.

Our team is based in Bratislava. We operate a hybrid working model.

Your Impact

As a Software Engineer, you will support the design, implementation, and maintenance of the backend services of the Partner Hub. You will work under the guidance of senior engineers to build robust, scalable solutions, gaining hands-on experience with our production-grade backend stack. Your work will directly impact the efficiency of our global partner network, ensuring our platform remains reliable, performant, and secure.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in the development and maintenance of backend features, focusing on service logic, API development, and data processing.

• Support the development of backend services using Java, Node.js, or Python.

• Collaborate with frontend engineers to integrate backend services with user-facing interfaces via RESTful APIs.

• Participate in team design discussions, code reviews, and testing activities to ensure high-quality, scalable code.

• Help monitor system performance and assist in resolving backend-related technical issues under the guidance of senior team members.

• Utilize AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor) to accelerate your learning and development tasks.

• Collaborate with team members to support the full software development lifecycle.

• Maintain a commitment to continuous learning, code quality, and operational excellence.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent field.

• 0–2 years of professional software engineering experience (or equivalent internship/project experience).

• Foundational knowledge of backend development concepts and server-side architecture.

• Strong desire to learn and apply new backend technologies quickly.

• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.

• Strong communication skills and a proactive approach to problem-solving.

• High attention to detail and a commitment to delivering reliable, scalable results.

Preferred Qualifications

• Basic familiarity with Java, Node.js, or Python.

• Exposure to web application frameworks (e.g., Spring) and database technologies (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka).

• Familiarity with Git, basic CI/CD concepts, and continuous delivery.

• Interest in using AI-powered coding tools to enhance productivity.

• A proactive desire to learn how to debug and resolve production issues in a distributed system.

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.