Hybrid Senior Software Engineer – Data Center Switching

at Cisco

• Job title: Senior Software Engineer – Data Center Switching
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $165,000 - $241,400 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Python
• Location requirements: Hybrid, San Jose, United States

About the role

• Senior SW Engineer developing innovative Ethernet Switching products at Cisco's Data Center. Involves architectural exposure and participation in the software development cycle.

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
• Work independently with direction from leader to determine the best approach to accomplish work
• Develop relationships with peer stakeholders within and across teams and build 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
• Stay current on industry trends and serve as an expert on the software development lifecycle and agile engineering practices; coach others as needed
• 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
• Write functional clean code and unit tests with minimal guidance
• Perform coding, debugging, testing, and troubleshooting throughout the development process under minimal supervision
• Perform code reviews for others in project
• Write code enabling scale, reliability, and velocity in product releases
• Troubleshoot 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
• Share knowledge across teams, both informally and formally
• Coordinate and collaborate on project timelines and continuously review, update, and communicate project specifications to team members and stakeholders
• Develop remediation plans and alternatives to ensure timely delivery
• Identify and act upon opportunities to assist others
• Mentor peers and/or engineering interns

Requirements

• Bachelors + 8 years of related experience, or Masters + 6 years of related experience, or PhD + 4 years of related experience
• Demonstrative skills in C and/or C++ and Python programming language
• Experienced with Embedded and/or router/switch software development
• Debugging with tools like GDB
• Demonstrated experience with L2/L3/ACL/QOS Packet Forwarding and/or CPU packet path
• Experience with traffic generator tools such as IXIA & Spirent

Benefits

• medical, dental and vision insurance
• a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
• paid parental leave
• short and long-term disability coverage
• basic life insurance
• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
• 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
• paid year-end holiday shutdown
• 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
• 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year
• flexible vacation time off program
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date
• up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer