Sr. Software Engineer - Platform Forwarding

Company: Cisco Systems, Inc.
Location: Milpitas
Posted on: April 2, 2025

Job Description:

Sr. Software Engineer - Platform ForwardingLocation: Milpitas, California, USCompensation Range: 157400 USD - 222200 USDJob Type: Professional Software DevelopmentJob Id: 1433565Meet the TeamThe Platform Forwarding team at Cisco develops innovative software solutions across the routing, switching, and wireless platform portfolio, transforming networking through groundbreaking technologies. Our team is deeply invested in reshaping IT consumption for our customers, specifically through the Cisco 8000 Series, one of our most successful routing products that leverages the advanced Silicon One architecture. Introduced to revolutionize the Internet for the 5G era, the 8000 Series focuses on performance, efficiency, and sustainability, aiding service providers and web-scale companies in reducing the costs of building and operating mass-scale networks for the 5G, AI, and IoT era.Your ImpactAs a Software Engineer working on platform forwarding at Cisco, you will be crafting, implementing, and empowering the next-generation software stack for Cisco's route, switch, and wireless portfolio. You will be part of a dynamic agile development team utilizing state-of-the-art software and tools to develop innovative solutions with a focus on simplicity. Your role will involve working on the test architecture and design of next-generation networks for the SP Routing portfolio of XR-based products, with a workload split of 30% sustaining engineering and 70% new development.Responsibilities:

• Gather functional specifications, design and develop forwarding applications, and test the code.
• Develop network automation, algorithmic thinking, and analytics applications derived from customer use cases.
• Design, develop, automate, and implement new hardware or features across complex network architectures using C/C++ language.
• Define and qualify end-to-end solution architectures, engage in debugging complex network problems, and define solutions.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of new features and improvements.Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related STEM area as well as 7+ years experience as a software engineer or a Masters degree and +4 years of software experience within a computer networking or routing environment.
  • Experience managing Access Control Lists or firewall.
  • Experience operating in a Linux environment as well as programming experience with C, C++.
  • Experience with L2 & L3 protocols such as IPv4, IPv6, Tunneling, BGP, MPLS, or classification.Preferred Qualifications:
    • Experience with Linux system debuggability using tools like gdb.
    • Data plane experience with NPU, DPU or software data plane.
    • Docker, GIT, Jira, Jenkins and CI/CD pipeline tool.
    • Experience with performance tuning.
    • Strong communication skills with ability to work solo, in a small team or multi-functional teams.
    • Contributions to open-source networking project.
    • Experience leading small teams on a turnkey basis.Why Cisco?#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone.Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits.
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