3 days ago
Base Salary
$214k - $310k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and optimize high-performance data plane software using C/C++ on Linux.
- Develop networking software for DPU-based Smart Switch platforms, including packet processing and security capabilities.
- Troubleshoot software defects, networking issues, and customer-reported problems while improving performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Lead technical design discussions and participate in architecture and code reviews.
- Provide technical mentorship and collaborate with software, hardware, and security engineering teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field with 12+ years of related experience, or a master’s degree with 10+ years, or a PhD with 7+ years.
- 10+ years of professional software development experience using C or C++ in Linux environments.
- Experience developing networking or data plane software with strong knowledge of Layer 2, Layer 3, and common networking protocols.
- Experience developing or optimizing high-performance packet processing applications using DPDK, networking stacks, or similar technologies.
- Experience designing, implementing, debugging, reviewing, and delivering production-quality systems software.
- Preferred: experience with DPUs, SmartNICs, network processors, networking appliances, P4, programmable data plane technologies, networking architecture, systems software design, large-scale distributed networking, and geographically distributed engineering teams.
Benefits
- Starting salary range is $214,100.00 to $309,800.00, excluding incentive compensation, equity, and benefits.
- Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) with Cisco matching, parental leave, disability coverage, life insurance, paid holidays, vacation or flexible time off, sick time, wellness days, volunteer time, and annual bonuses.
- Employees may be eligible for Cisco restricted stock unit grants.
About Cisco
Cisco designs and sells networking, security, and collaboration platforms for enterprises, service providers, and governments, spanning routers and switches, Wi‑Fi, firewalls, zero‑trust, observability, and cloud-managed IT (Meraki) plus Webex. Its business model mixes hardware, software subscriptions, and support/consulting services. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Cisco is a public company traded on Nasdaq and serves customers across data centers, campuses, and service provider networks.