Software Engineering Technical Leader - Silicon One Customer Engineering

Cisco•San Jose, CA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Our outstanding team works in a startup atmosphere within a stable and leading corporate environment, and our design center hosts all Silicon Hardware and Software development fields under one roof. Our devices are crafted for universal adaptability, delivering high speed without sacrificing programmability, buffering, power efficiency, scale, or feature flexibility. We enable the use of these innovative products in the fast-paced world of Open Standards, Open Networking, and massively Scalable Cloud Data Centers. If you want to work with amazing people and innovative customers developing the next generation of world-class products, join us! Our team develops the full software stack enabling the Silicon One network processors. We work with the Open Standards community and our incredible customers to deliver best in class routing and switching platforms. Work also with architecture and design teams to define the next generation of ASIC products being developed. As part of Silicon One Customer Engineering team, you will closely interact with Cisco’s Silicon One customers to help with Silicon One product adoption, software development, documentation, technical support, trouble shooting, and maintenance. You will gather information from customers on their requirements, pain points and help them implement in software to improve software quality and customer experience. You will gain intimate knowledge of the Silicon One hardware architecture and software programming models, working closely with the architecture, hardware and software teams. You will develop innovative applications, customizations of Silicon One software to better suit the customer’s needs. You will work with Silicon One Software teams to design and development of software features for both the control plane and data plane on Cisco's Silicon One NPU. You'll play a critical role in creating software that powers highly scalable, low-power, low-latency, and dense systems, addressing the ever-growing demands of AI/ML workloads, internet users, and modern applications. You will use modern C++, the Silicon One network processing language, and Python to develop software for the NPU. As the lead engineer, you'll participate in customer discussions to define requirements, scope features, and drive the development process from start to finish. You'll take full ownership of delivering high-quality software on schedule, while leading a team of engineers and providing guidance on design, implementation, and reviews. Additionally, you'll gain deep expertise in the Silicon One hardware architecture and programming models, collaborating with architecture and hardware teams to shape the next generation of ASIC products. You are an accomplished technical leader with extensive experience in software development for the networking domain. Your mastery spans multiple areas in networking, where you've served as the lead designer for complex systems. Your expertise in control and routing planes, as well as your ability to build large-scale, high-density, and highly redundant systems, is widely recognized. You are deeply committed to developing clean, user-friendly APIs and well-defined software layers. As a mentor to your team, you bring optimism and a positive outlook to your work. Driven by self-motivation, you exhibit a strong sense of ownership and a passion for delivering exceptional results.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science EE/CS combined with 8+ years of related experience or Master of Science EE/CS combined with 6+ years of related experience.
Prior expertise in software development and integration while using one or more of the following programming languages: C++, Python.
Prior expertise with networking protocols and technologies (e.g., L2/L3, MPLS, BGP, OSPF).
Prior expertise in analytical reasoning and debugging, with experience using tools such as GDB, PDB, etc.
Prior working experience with algorithms and data structures.

Nice To Haves

Experience with cloud, data center, or edge networking products.
Experience with SAI, SONiC, or other Network OS.
Proficiency in Layer 1 Port Technologies.
Experience with traffic generators (i.e. - IXIA or Spirent).
Experience with writing, testing and supporting software for high performing and scalable networking products.

Responsibilities

As part of Silicon One Customer Engineering team, you will closely interact with Cisco’s Silicon One customers to help with Silicon One product adoption, software development, documentation, technical support, trouble shooting, and maintenance.
You will gather information from customers on their requirements, pain points and help them implement in software to improve software quality and customer experience.
You will gain intimate knowledge of the Silicon One hardware architecture and software programming models, working closely with the architecture, hardware and software teams.
You will develop innovative applications, customizations of Silicon One software to better suit the customer’s needs.
You will work with Silicon One Software teams to design and development of software features for both the control plane and data plane on Cisco's Silicon One NPU.
You'll play a critical role in creating software that powers highly scalable, low-power, low-latency, and dense systems, addressing the ever-growing demands of AI/ML workloads, internet users, and modern applications.
You will use modern C++, the Silicon One network processing language, and Python to develop software for the NPU.
As the lead engineer, you'll participate in customer discussions to define requirements, scope features, and drive the development process from start to finish.
You'll take full ownership of delivering high-quality software on schedule, while leading a team of engineers and providing guidance on design, implementation, and reviews.
Additionally, you'll gain deep expertise in the Silicon One hardware architecture and programming models, collaborating with architecture and hardware teams to shape the next generation of ASIC products.

Benefits

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which 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, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies: 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
For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.