Software Engineering Technical Leader - SDWAN Manager Full Stack Development

Cisco

About The Position

Our Routing SD-WAN Group is at the forefront of innovation, delivering intelligent, secure, and scalable WAN edge solutions that empower enterprises to connect and protect their networks from the edge to the cloud. The SDWAN Manager engineering team builds the management plane for Cisco SD-WAN through a highly scalable distributed systems architecture that powers services, APIs, workflows, and user experiences for large-scale enterprise and service provider networks. The team develops capabilities that help customers configure, operate, secure, monitor, and troubleshoot their deployments. These services, APIs, UI, and operational workflows directly shape the quality, usability, and overall customer experience of the platform. With AI embedded across the platform, SDWAN Manager enables more intelligent operations, faster troubleshooting, and more efficient decision-making at scale. Your Impact Own and deliver end-to-end features for SD-WAN management workflows, including configuration, policy management, observability dashboards, and troubleshooting tools across UI and backend systems. Drive technical design and implementation of Java-based backend services and APIs handling configuration updates, telemetry ingestion, and real-time network state for large-scale deployments. Architect and build frontend applications (React/Angular) for complex workflows such as network visibility, policy configuration, and diagnostics, ensuring performance at scale. Lead the modernization of legacy components by breaking down monolithic services into modular, cloud-ready architectures. Define and improve API contracts, data flows, and service interactions to reduce latency and improve reliability across distributed systems. Lead debugging and root cause analysis of production issues, including API failures, performance bottlenecks, and system inconsistencies. Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and hands-on guidance, improving engineering quality and system design practices. Collaborate with Product, UX, and platform teams to translate customer use cases into scalable technical solutions. Contribute to improving engineering practices, CI/CD pipelines, and overall development efficiency. Adoption/use of AI-driven development tools (e.g., Copilot/Codex) to improve developer productivity, automate repetitive tasks, and accelerate debugging and testing.

Requirements

10+ years of software development experience with a BE, BTech, MS, MCA, or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
Experience in Java-based backend development, including designing and operating services that handle high request volume and concurrent workflows.
Experience in frontend applications using Angular or React, delivering complex user workflows such as dashboards and configuration interfaces.
Expertise in design and delivery of features spanning multiple services or teams, including defining APIs and system interactions.
Experience in debugging production issues tracing failures across services, and resolving performance bottlenecks.
Actively use of AI-powered developer tools (e.g., Copilot, Codex, or similar) to improve development speed, debugging, and test generation.

Nice To Haves

Experience working on Network management systems, Controller based systems or large-scale enterprise networking products.
Proven track record in modernizing legacy systems and driving architectural improvements at scale.
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, and cloud-native application design.
Exposure to secure software development practices and building systems with strong reliability and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

Own and deliver end-to-end features for SD-WAN management workflows, including configuration, policy management, observability dashboards, and troubleshooting tools across UI and backend systems.
Drive technical design and implementation of Java-based backend services and APIs handling configuration updates, telemetry ingestion, and real-time network state for large-scale deployments.
Architect and build frontend applications (React/Angular) for complex workflows such as network visibility, policy configuration, and diagnostics, ensuring performance at scale.
Lead the modernization of legacy components by breaking down monolithic services into modular, cloud-ready architectures.
Define and improve API contracts, data flows, and service interactions to reduce latency and improve reliability across distributed systems.
Lead debugging and root cause analysis of production issues, including API failures, performance bottlenecks, and system inconsistencies.
Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and hands-on guidance, improving engineering quality and system design practices.
Collaborate with Product, UX, and platform teams to translate customer use cases into scalable technical solutions.
Contribute to improving engineering practices, CI/CD pipelines, and overall development efficiency.
Adoption/use of AI-driven development tools (e.g., Copilot/Codex) to improve developer productivity, automate repetitive tasks, and accelerate debugging and testing.