Cisco Software Engineering Technical Leader 

United States, California, San Jose 

357696025

The application window is expected to close on 07/30/2025.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

This is an onsite role and will require working out of the San Jose, CA office location.

•You will be working very closely with internal engineering teams including Software, Hardware, and the Systems Software team and external partners/vendors/customers.

•Develop, Analyze and debug Cisco’s next generation Silicon One Software.

•Interact and work closely with Cisco System product development teams to develop and debug datapath applications.

•Interact and work closely with external partners, vendors, and customers to develop, debug and support Silicon One software.

•Work multi-functionally to drive the SW/HW system integration and testing.

•Work on networking protocols for switch/router and infrastructure products.

•Modify and add new and specific software enhancements.

•Contribute to adding more tests and debugging capabilities to ensure solution and system quality.

•Translate specialized knowledge of ASIC innovative architecture to Cisco product development teams.

•Provide guidance and support (including documentation) for Silicon One Customers.

•Contribute to the next generation of leading infrastructure products.

•Develop software, implement and assess automated regression test suites, and create and automate new test cases.

•Assist customers with integrating Silicon One Software into their NOS environment and provide ongoing support to ensure the product's quality and stability.

•Bachelor of Science EE/CS combined with 8+ years of related experience or Master of Science EE/CS combined with 6+ years of related experience.

•Prior expertise in software development and integration while utilizing one or more of the following languages: C++, Python.

•Prior expertise in L2/L3 networking; and forwarding protocols (bridges/routers), with hands-on experience in platform solutions and network topologies.

•Experience developing and debugging in a Linux environment.

•Prior working experience with system wide development, testing, and debugging.

•Working knowledge of GDB/PDB and debugging application and kernel drivers

•Expertise in BGP, ECMP, and ACL scalability and performance evaluation.

•Experience with traffic generators (i.e. - IXIA or Spirent).

•Experience with VLAN or VXLAN.

•Understanding/Experience of SAI.