Software Engineer (C, C++, Python, L2, L3, ControlPlane/Control Plane)

• Engineer will be part of development team which is responsible for Feature development, testing & integration into customer environments
• Many-a-times encouraged to be SPOC for a particular area of a component
• Expected to have regular interactions with product management teams, testing teams and customer teams to translate requirements into working solutions
• Develop expertise in OS protocols
• Learn Cisco development/unit-test environments
• Issue triage/support/monitoring/resolution
• Develops software consistent with Cisco ‘Design Thinking Principles’ with a focus on simplification and UX (User Experience) at its core, using secure coding practices, ensuring user privacy, and following software development standard methodologies
• Partners with other teams including design and product management to create the right solution for the customers
• Experienced professional using procedures and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products or services
• Works independently but receives guidance and direction from leader then resolves the best approach to accomplish work
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience
• Develops relationship with peer collaborators within and across teams and builds productive working relationships
• May lead projects with limited complexity to implement the defined software engineering roadmap
• May lead small-to-medium features from technical design through completion
• Stays ahead of on industry trends and serves as an expert on the software development lifecycle and agile engineering practices
• coaches others, as needed
• Contributes to delivery of high-quality design and work
• Advocates for new features within a product to address customer needs
• Tracks 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
• Performs code reviews for others in project
• Writes code enabling scale, reliability, and velocity in product releases
• Contributes as a guide in secure coding principles and understands threat model of a feature
• 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
• Expert on multiple functional components
• Shares knowledge across teams, both informally and formally (e.g., ad-hoc basis, internal presentations, blogs, newsletters)
• Coordinates and collaborates on project timelines and continuously reviews, updates, and communicates project specifications to team members and stakeholders
• Develops remediation plans and alternatives to ensure timely delivery
• Identifies and acts upon opportunities to assist others
• Mentors peers and/or engineering interns

• Bachelors + 5 years of related experience, or Masters + 3 years of related experience, or PhD + 0 years of related experience
• C / C++ networking expertise, Controlplane and Python knowledge
• L2/L3 expertise
• Requires working knowledge and expanded conceptual knowledge in primary technical job family and broadens capabilities
• has worked with and is proficient with current technologies

Varies based on the team and business needs

• Exposure to end-to-end software development process
• Opportunity to work with world's top web players
• Exposure to pioneering technologies in OS/distributed systems domain
• Challenged to develop best-in-class software
• Experience of working with industry's finest engineers
• Benefits & perks: Our benefits are designed to support every aspect of your life: from your well-being to your time away to your family