Software Engineering Technical Leader

Cisco

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Work type: Remote
Location: Milpitas, CA
Salary: $183,800–$263,600 / yr
Posted: 82 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Closes: Sep 30, 2026
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

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Similar $202k

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 Software Engineering Technical Leader within the Distributed System Engineering group, you will join an agile team focused on developing products for large-scale distributed systems to support AI/ML workloads and increasing internet usage. You will be responsible for the design, development, and testing of data-center features on the Cisco 8000 Platform using the SONiC network operating system. Your daily work involves building and delivering data plane and control plane software, specifically focusing on forwarding and services feature sets like L2/L3 forwarding, ACLs, QoS, and Mirroring. To achieve these goals, you will utilize C++, Python for automated test suites with Pytest, and Linux systems. The role requires expertise in networking protocols such as TCP/IP, BGP, VxLAN, and EVPN, alongside experience with debugging tools like GDB and CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

SONiC C++ Python Linux Kernel TCP/IP BGP VxLAN EVPN Pytest GDB PDB Git Jira Jenkins CI/CD L2/L3 Forwarding QoS SAI

What you'll do

Design, develop, and test data-center features for the Cisco 8000 Platform using the SONiC operating system.
Develop both data plane and control plane software components.
Build "forwarding" and "services" data plane feature sets including L2/L3 forwarding, ACLs, and QoS.
Write clean, maintainable code in C++ to develop core networking features.
Use Python to build automated test suites for kernel module validation.
Implement and manage network protocols such as TCP/IP, BGP, VxLAN, and EVPN.
Utilize debugging tools like GDB and PDB to troubleshoot system issues.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of experience, Master's plus 6 years, or PhD plus 3 years of related experience.
At least 5 years of programming experience in C/C++.
At least 3 years of experience using Python to build automated test suites for kernel module validation.
Experience with testing frameworks such as Pytest.
At least 3 years of experience working with Linux.
Knowledge of the Linux Kernel and open standard networking systems like SONiC and SAI.
Knowledge of networking protocols including TCP/IP, BGP, VxLAN, EVPN, and ACLs.
Experience using debugging tools such as GDB and PDB.

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