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Start Date: June 2026

Hours: Full-time internship, 40 h/per week.

Duration: 6 months (with possible extension)

Location: Cracow, Poland (onsite - hybrid, 3 days in the office)

We are seeking a Software Engineer Intern  to join our Software Engineering team. If you have a passion for Cutting-edge technologies and developing complex mechanisms from scratch, willing to learn new skills & collaborate with domain experts, this is your place.

Meet the Team
 

Cisco’s Customer Experience (CX) organization is one of the company's fastest-growing and most innovative teams, crafting a first-in-class digital experience for our customers and partners everywhere they connect with Cisco. CX Platform is a platform-centric to support the diverse requirements of the CX organization and is being built with emerging technologies including predictive AI and generative AI to drive additional customer success. We are at the epicenter of developing modern, cloud-native technologies that allow us to stay agile and adaptable in a constantly evolving market. Pioneers in our field, CX enables customers to maximize value with a simple, unified Cisco experience, driving accelerated time to impact. We deliver on time with high quality & urgency, and we drive decisions with data and transparency while leading with ownership & accountability.    

Your Impact
 

You’ll work across multiple stacks and domains to build integrations and features that power the next generation of Cisco’s global platform.

• Design and implement both functional and non-functional backend features.
• Drive product integrations across Cisco’s product portfolio.
• Work across multiple back-end technologies: Java, Python, other if needed
• Collaborate with other international teams to ensure end-to-end delivery. 

Minimum Qualifications

• Student pursuing B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field from a leading university graduating in 2026
• Hands-on backend development experience with Java or Python
• Excellent English communication skills
• Able to legally live and work in Krakow (Poland), without visa support or sponsorship now or in the future (even after graduating college)

Including your GitHub profile on your CV helps our hiring team review your application more effectively.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of AWS, cloud technologies, and/or Kubernetes
• Knowledge of databases (Postgres, DynamoDB, etc.)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practice

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.