Software Engineering Technical Leader

Cisco•Research Triangle Park, NC

About The Position

In this role, you will lead the design and development of software features for Cisco’s Silicon One NPU. You will be responsible for creating software that will be used to build highly scalable, low power, low latency, dense systems for the ever-demanding AI/ML workloads, internet users and applications. You will use modern C++, Network processing language of Silicon One and Python to develop software on the NPU. As a technical leader, you will be part of requirement discussions with the customer and will work on scoping the feature post-closing the requirements. You will take complete ownership of delivering the software in a timely manner and with outstanding quality. You will lead a team of engineers and guide/unblock the team with any design/implementation related issues. You will be the gatekeeper of the code base in the domains you own. You will gain intimate knowledge of the Silicon One hardware architecture, software programming models and work with the architecture and hardware teams to define the next generation of ASIC products being developed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or STEM degree and 8+ years of experience in an Engineering role; or Master's degree with 6+ years of experience in an Engineering role.
8+ years of experience in C/C++.
Minimum of 5+ years of experience designing, implementing, troubleshooting, or analyzing Layer-2 or Multicast protocols and forwarding mechanisms in a professional networking environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience with writing and testing software for high performing and scalable networking products.
Experience in analytical reasoning and debugging, with practical experience in using tools such as GDB, PDB, etc.
Experience with cloud, data center, or edge networking products
Experience in debugging customer related issues.

Responsibilities

Lead the design and development of software features for Cisco’s Silicon One NPU.
Create software for highly scalable, low power, low latency, dense systems for AI/ML workloads, internet users and applications.
Develop software on the NPU using modern C++, Network processing language of Silicon One and Python.
Participate in requirement discussions with the customer and scope features.
Take complete ownership of delivering software in a timely manner with outstanding quality.
Lead a team of engineers and guide/unblock the team with design/implementation issues.
Act as the gatekeeper of the code base in owned domains.
Gain intimate knowledge of the Silicon One hardware architecture and software programming models.
Work with architecture and hardware teams to define next-generation ASIC products.

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
Cisco restricted stock units
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
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year (non-exempt employees)
flexible vacation time off program (exempt employees)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
annual bonuses (for non-sales roles)
performance-based incentive pay (for sales roles)