Software Engineering Technical Leader, Ethernet Switching

## Responsibilities - Participate in a project team of engineers involved in the development of software for our next generation data center switch Nexus product family. - Define, architect, design, and deliver new features and solutions on the Nexus family platform - Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience. - Develop relationships with peer stakeholders within and across teams and builds productive working relationships. - May lead projects with limited complexity to execute the defined software engineering roadmap. - May lead small-to-medium features from technical design through completion. - Contribute to delivery of high-quality design and deliverables. - Advocate for new features within a product to address customer needs. - Track metrics for product adoption and success. - Writes functional clean code and unit tests with minimal guidance. - Performs coding, debugging, testing, and troubleshooting throughout the development process under minimal supervision. - Contribute as an expert in secure coding principles and understands threat model of a feature. Write code enabling scale, reliability, and velocity in product releases. - Troubleshoots complex issues within the production environment, may serve customers through on-call rotations to identify end user problems, may lead postmortem and write root cause analysis. - Coordinate and collaborates on project timelines and continuously reviews, updates, and communicates project specifications to team members and stakeholders. - Develop remediation plans and alternatives to ensure timely delivery. - Identifies and acts upon opportunities to assist others. ## Requirements - Bachelors + 10 years of related experience, or Masters + 8 years of related experience, or PhD +6 years of related experience - C and/or C++ and Python programming language - Embedded and/or router/switch software development experience - Debugging with tools like GBD - SDLC and L2/L3/ACL/QOS Packet Forwarding and/or CPU packet path experience and SDK development experience on NPU/DPU or networking ASICs - Experience with traffic generator tools such as IXIA & Spirent ## Nice to Have - SDK development on NPU/DPU/Networking ASICs is highly desirable. - Proven experience fostering collaboration across diverse teams to achieve goals, resolve challenges, and drive innovation in a cross-functional environment. - Hands-on experience with SDKs to include integration, debugging and optimization of the SDKs in software projects. - Practical experience and knowledge working with network processors and/or packet forwarding ASICs including development, deployment and troubleshooting in real-world applications. ## Benefits - Starting salary range for this position is $183,800.00 to $263,600.00 in U.S. and/or Canada locations. - Benefits include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. - Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units. - Paid time away includes 10 paid holidays per full calendar year.