Software Engineering Technical Leader

🕒 March 11

Apply Now

Find Similar Remote Jobs

Receive Emails For Remote Jobs

📊 Check your resume score for this job

Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply.

Upload Resume

Cisco

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

10,000+ employees

Founded 1984

🔧 Hardware

🔐 Security

🏢 Enterprise

Hardware • Security • Enterprise

Cisco is a multinational technology company that provides networking hardware, software, and services to enterprises, service providers, and governments. It builds routers, switches, optical transceivers, programmable silicon, and edge computing platforms, and offers security, collaboration (Webex), observability, and AI-enabled software and support services to help organizations design, operate, and secure large-scale networks and data centers. Cisco also delivers professional services, training, and cloud-managed solutions to support digital transformation and AI-ready infrastructure.

📋 Description

• Design, build, and sustain critical routing protocol and infrastructure components used across Cisco platforms • Designing and implementing enhancements to BGP Routing protocol • Building systems that scale efficiently, are secure by design, and provide strong programmability, observability and debuggability in production • Debugging complex system-level issues in large-scale, multi-threaded environments, including high-priority customer escalations • Owning issues end-to-end — from root cause analysis through fix development, validation, and deployment • Representing Cisco in IETF forums and technical discussions; contributing to protocol evolution and influencing standards where appropriate • Collaborating closely with platform, hardware, and test teams to validate performance, scale limits, and system behaviour • Mentoring junior engineers and contributing to a culture of technical rigor and ownership • Contributing to innovation initiatives, including Cisco’s Patent Program

🎯 Requirements

• Master’s degree with 4+ years or Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years of relevant experience • Strong experience developing software in multi-threaded environments with excellent problem-solving skills • Practical experience with Data Structures, Operating Systems and Concepts of Data Networking • Programming experience (C, C++) • Familiarity with Unix/Linux • Exposure to development of software for large/complex network devices including routing & switching systems • Understanding of networking fundamentals and protocols (ex: TCP/IP, Ethernet) • Hands-on experience in routing protocols and/or routing infrastructure (preferred) • Experience in manageability frameworks such as YANG/SNMP/XML (preferred) • Good understanding of concepts in operating system, Inter process communication, high availability etc (preferred)

🏖️ Benefits

• Professional development opportunities • Flexible working hours