Cisco Software Engineering Technical Leader 

United States, California, San Jose 

660769559

The application window is expected to close on: 12/20/2024

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

Our devices are crafted for universal adaptability, delivering high speed without sacrificing programmability, buffering, power efficiency, scale, or feature flexibility. We develop breakthrough silicon products.

In this role, you will lead a team of engineers and technical leaders in the design and development of software features for control plane and data plane on Cisco’s Silicon One NPU. You will be responsible for creating software that will be used to build highly scalable, low power, low latency, dense systems for the ever-demanding AI/ML workloads, internet users and applications. You will use modern C++, Network processing language of Silicon One and Python to develop software on the NPU. As a senior technical leader, you will be part of requirement discussions with the customer and will work on scoping the feature post-closing the requirements. You will take complete ownership of delivering the software in a timely manner and with outstanding quality. You will lead a team of engineers and guide/unblock the team with any design/implementation related issues. You will be the gatekeeper of the code base in the domains you own. You will gain intimate knowledge of the Silicon One hardware architecture, software programming models and work with the architecture and hardware teams to define the next generation of ASIC products being developed.

• Bachelors + 12 years of related experience, or Masters + 8 years of related experience, or PhD + 5 years of related experience in an Engineering role.
• Experience using C++ and Python for programming and design.
• Experience in algorithms and data structures.
• Experience with Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking protocols and technologies, including but not limited to BGP, OSPF, ISIS, BFD, and CFM.

• Microcode programming skills in P4 or other similar network programming languages.
• Experience with writing and testing software for high performing and scalable networking products.
• Experience in analytical reasoning and debugging, with practical experience in using tools such as GDB, PDB, etc.
• Experience with cloud, data center, or edge networking products
• Experience in debugging customer related issues.