Software Engineer Full Stack / Backend I (Intern)

About the Role

The Cisco Product Internship Program offers a 12-week summer experience designed to welcome early-career talent. Interns will be embedded within high-impact teams, collaborating directly on products, platforms, and architectures. The program includes targeted learning sessions, multi-functional networking, and engagement with leaders, aiming to build technical skills, confidence, and a collaborative approach.

Your Impact

• Design, build, and ship APIs and applications.
• Write clean, maintainable back-end code.
• Design RESTful services and distributed architectures.
• Contribute to front-end systems as projects demand.
• Troubleshoot engineering challenges.
• Develop and maintain scalable software.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship APIs and applications.
• Write clean, maintainable back-end code.
• Design RESTful services and distributed architectures.
• Contribute to front-end systems as projects demand.
• Troubleshoot engineering challenges.
• Develop and maintain scalable software.

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program (Associate's or Bachelor's).
• Qualifying degree program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Expected to continue enrollment in degree program following completion of the internship.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go.
• Experience building or supporting software applications or services, including APIs.
• Familiarity with core software engineering workflows, tools, and development environments such as Git and Linux.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in two or more of: JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, or React, with UI/UX principles awareness.
• Experience applying Object-Oriented Programming principles, with exposure to C/C++ or JavaScript.
• Hands-on experience with RESTful services, distributed systems, or microservices.
• Exposure to a cloud platform (AWS, Azure, GCP) and/or deployment or automation tooling (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Exposure to networking fundamentals (L2/L3, TCP/IP), cloud security, or DevOps/DevSecOps practices.