Software Engineer

Role Overview

The Cisco Enterprise Routing team is seeking a highly skilled Software Development Engineer to join the team focused on the development of Cisco’s new generation Secure Routers. You will work across many software layers including low-level drivers, advanced networking protocols, high-performance packet forwarding, and modern CPU architecture to ensure data moves securely and efficiently across global networks.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver features across the routing stack, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
• Integrate hardware and software by bringing up new platforms.
• Debug complex issues across various software layers.
• Use modern development workflows including AI-assisted coding tools and VSCode.
• Write clean, maintainable code with unit tests; perform code reviews and contribute to secure coding practices.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with hardware, product, and test teams.

Requirements

• Bachelors + 2 years of relevant experience or Masters + 0 years of relevant experience in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
• Foundational C/C++ programming skills.
• Strong software development debugging skills.
• Understanding of Operating Systems and OSI Model layers.

Nice to Have

• Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Copilot, Claude, or Codex.

Skills

• C/C++
• Operating Systems
• Networking Protocols
• AI-assisted Development
• Debugging