Software Engineering Technical Leader - Webex Media

About the role

Cisco's Webex Media engineering team in Stockholm builds the meeting experience that connects people and businesses worldwide. It is described as a highly motivated, startup-like team within a global organization. The Technical Leader leads, coaches and develops 8-12 developers who build shared real-time media platform components, APIs and cross-platform runtime layers.

Key responsibilities

• Set direction through goals, priorities, planning, weekly check-ins, 1:1s and follow-up.
• Own execution, delivery predictability, quality gates, operational health and agile continuous improvement.
• Manage people growth, performance feedback, development plans, individual performance factor recommendations, salary-review input, hiring and retention.

Required profile

• MSc (or equivalent) in Software Engineering or a related field.
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 3+ years as an engineering manager or formal people leader for software development teams.
• Strong C/C++ background.
• Native platform, real-time or performance-sensitive software experience.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with media streaming, real-time media platforms, conferencing and relevant protocols.
• Experience leading cross-platform media platform architecture, patterns and build tools.
• Experience growing senior engineers through feedback, delegation, mentorship and career development.
• Strong agile delivery leadership across planning, prioritization, risk management and retrospectives.
• AI-responsible approach, ensuring AI-generated code is critically reviewed.