Software Engineer – Technical Leader, Network Data Plane

🔥 12 hours ago

🏈 Alabama, Alaska, +44 more states – Remote

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💵 $214.1k - $309.8k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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Cisco

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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, develop, and optimize high-performance data plane software using modern C/C++ on Linux-based systems • Develop networking software for DPU-based Smart Switch platforms • Enable scalable packet processing and advanced security capabilities • Troubleshoot complex software defects, networking issues, and customer-reported problems • Improve performance, scalability, and reliability • Lead technical design discussions • Participate in architecture and code reviews • Provide technical mentorship across the engineering organization • Collaborate with software, hardware, and security engineering teams • Work across the full software development lifecycle, from technical design and implementation to debugging, performance optimization, code reviews, and customer issue resolution

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field and 12+ years of related experience, or Master’s degree with 10+ years, or PhD with 7+ years of related experience • 10+ years of professional software development experience using C or C++ in Linux environments • Experience developing networking or data plane software • 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, or networking appliances • Preferred: experience with P4 or other programmable data plane technologies • Preferred: experience contributing to networking architecture, systems software design, or large-scale distributed networking solutions • Preferred: experience working across cross-functional or geographically distributed engineering teams

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance • 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution • Paid parental leave • Short- and long-term disability coverage • Basic life insurance • Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available • 10 paid holidays per full calendar year • 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees • Paid birthday day off • Paid year-end holiday shutdown • 4 paid days off for personal wellness • 16 days of paid vacation per full calendar year for non-exempt employees • Flexible vacation time off program for exempt employees • 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st • Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward • Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues • Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year • Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies