Software Engineer

Cisco•Milpitas, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join Cisco’s fastest growing product group, the DSE Routing team, where we champion new methodologies and create scalable software solutions. You will be part of a diverse and expert group, collaborating across geographies to shape the future of network technology. Your Impact: As part of a diverse Cisco IOS XR team, you will play an integral part in software development process. A successful candidate for this role can be flexible, quickly learning new skills and taking responsibility for tasks and features. You will be solving new problems and tackling new challenges every day, with a focus on quality and attention to detail, supported by a team of fellow engineers to deliver new functionality and improvements to our customers. You will be developing a new feature or a fully automated test, investigating a problem, or using our test tools to ensure that our software is always high quality. Technology that you work in could be in Programmability, Routing Infra, etc

Requirements

Bachelor's in STEM with 5+ years of relevant experience or Master's in STEM with 3+ years of relevant experience
Previous programming experience with C or C++
Automation experience with Python
Experience with CI/CD and API design

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in networking, including experience with networking protocols such as (IPv4, IPv6, MPLS, RIP, etc.)
Experience using GO programming language to write unit tests
Familiarity with Linux environments
Experience with Agile development methodologies
Experience in network virtualization development
Experienced with modern software tools and techniques for development/debugging and validated software design and development skills

Responsibilities

Software development
Develop new features
Develop fully automated tests
Investigate problems
Use test tools to ensure software quality

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
grants of Cisco restricted stock units
10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and 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
annual bonuses