Software Engineering Technical Leader

Cisco Distributed System Engineering Team

The Cisco Distributed System Engineering (DSE) group is at the forefront of developing products that power the largest networks in the world. As the networking industry undergoes a massive transformation to build next-generation infrastructure for AI/ML workloads, this team is uniquely positioned to capture that market transition. You will work among a team of passionate engineers building large-scale distributed systems by harnessing open-source technologies while pushing the boundaries of Systems and Silicon Architecture.

You will be part of a team of engineers involved in the development of software for our next-generation data center switching, which is critical for AI Infrastructure for Hyperscalers and the Cisco Hyperfabric project.

• Define, architect, design, test, and deliver new features and solutions on Cisco switches using open-source SONiC.
• Provide constant feedback to hardware and software teams for improvements and write functional and design specs independently.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including ASIC SDK, Product Management, CX, and Open Source community groups.
• Interact and innovate through close collaboration with Distinguished and Principal engineers with a focus on Scale, Performance, and Reliability.
• Drive end-to-end product development and production support in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

• Bachelors + 12 years of experience, or Masters + 8 years of experience or related work experience.
• Experience developing routing/switching features, with test automation
• Experience with Object Oriented programming languages
• Experience with configuring, debugging networking systems and solutions
• Experience using scripting languages including Python
• Knowledge of control & data plane technologies including L2, L3, BGP, EVPN, VXLAN
• AI Assisted development using tools like Cursor, CoPilot, Windsurf

• Exposure to open source NoS SONiC
• Familiarity with RDMA, RoCE and HPC networks
• Knowledge of QoS and congestion control mechanism in data center network
• GIT, Jira, Jenkins and CI/CD pipeline tools.
• Familiarity with AI Assisted development tools like co-pilot, cursor, windsurf

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