Software Engineering Technical Leader

Cisco

Remote

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $183,800–$263,600 / yr
Posted: 7 days ago
Closes: Aug 31, 2026

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Above market

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This role $224k

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Cisco Systems is the world''s leading networking technology company, designing and manufacturing networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and cybersecurity solutions for businesses and governments. Industry: Networking Technology & Cybersecurity

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TL;DR · Software Engineering Technical Leader

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As a Networking Engineer at Cisco’s Distributed System Engineering group, you will join an agile team responsible for developing data-center features on the Cisco 8000 Platform using SONiC network operating system. Your daily tasks will include designing and testing L2/L3 forwarding, ACLs, QoS, Mirroring, and other critical feature sets within both control and data planes. You’ll code in C++ and Python to ensure your contributions are clean and maintainable while working closely with open-source communities to advance systems architecture. Ideal candidates have at least five years of experience in C/C++, three years using Python for automated test suites, and a solid understanding of Linux. Additional knowledge in Linux Kernel, SONiC, SAI APIs, TCP/IP protocols, and debugging tools like GDB will be highly beneficial as you tackle the challenges of building large-scale distributed systems at Cisco.

Skills

C++ Python Linux Pytest SONiC SAI TCP/IP BGP VxLAN EVPN ACLs GDB PDB GIT Jira Jenkins CI/CD

What you'll do

Design and develop data plane and control plane software for the Cisco 8000 Platform.
Implement L2/L3 forwarding, ACLs, QoS, Mirroring features using SONiC network operating system.
Write clean, maintainable code in C++ and Python for networking applications.
Develop automated test suites for kernel module validation using Python frameworks like Pytest.
Collaborate on building large-scale distributed systems with open-source communities.

What we're looking for

5+ years of programming experience in C/C++
3+ years of Python experience for automated test suite development
3+ years of Linux system expertise
Knowledge of SONiC and other open standard networking systems
Understanding of TCP/IP, BGP, VxLAN, EVPN, ACLs protocols
Experience with debugging tools like GDB, PDB
Familiarity with GIT, Jira, Jenkins for CI/CD pipeline management