Software Engineer - C++ and Linux

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  • Location:
    Bangalore, India
  • Area of Interest
    Engineer - Network
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Networking
  • Job Id
    1447170

 

Meet the Team 

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We are Data Center Networking solutions team that emphasizes on Software defined Networking and develops products that deliver ultra-reliable performance with scalable infrastructure, providing a robust foundation for modern Data Center networking. These solutions offer high performance, resilience, and automation capabilities, designed to meet the diverse demands of today’s data centers including distributed storage, virtualization, unified computing. It primarily focuses to simplify the datacenter/cloud infrastructure and operations by automating the network, providing pervasive security, and helping accelerate businesses to move to a cloud or multicloud environment. With our solutions customers can manage complexity, maximize business benefits, and deploy workloads in any location, small and large, on premises and remote locations, in private and public clouds, satellite data centers, and 5G-enabled telecom edges.

 

Your Impact 

As a Software Engineer in the team, you will contribute to the design, development, and operation of our comprehensive data fabric that enables data-driven decision-making and high-impact product features across Cisco. You'll work closely with a cross-functional team of engineers, product managers, and data experts to build scalable data infrastructure and intelligent data management capabilities that power internal and external services. You will be:

  • Involved in design and development of sophisticated and robust logic and backend infrastructure that supports large-scale data and compute workflows. 
  • Collaborate across teams to design solutions that meet performance, reliability, and security requirements. 
  • Contribute to the automation and optimization of engineering processes
  • Participate in the full software development lifecycle, from ideation and design to deployment and monitoring. 
  • Help shape engineering standards, technical architecture, and operational best practices within the team. 

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related field, with 5-6 years of relevant industry experience.

Desired Skills:

  • 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including design, development, testing with coding standards.
  • Proficient in programming in C++, OS internals (such as multi-threading, file systems, process management, synchronization etc).
  • 5+ years of experience working in Linux environments, with excellent debugging skills.
  • Exposure to Git source control management, build processes.

Good to have skills:

  • Exposure to distributed systems, data center fabric solutions
  • Knowledge of cloud architecture and services 
  • Exposure to Golang, python languages is a plus

Soft skills:

  • Independent, Accountable, Good sense of ownership, Outspoken, Communicative.
  • Flexible and adaptable and a good team collaborator.
  • Ability and motivation to learn new technologies quickly and with minimal support.
  • Motivated self-starter with strong communication and organizational skills
  • Proven ability to develop and deliver high-quality products within cross-functional teams and tight schedules
  • Excellent problem-solving, and collaboration capabilities

 

#WeAreCisco 

#WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all. 

 

Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best. 

We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do! 

 

Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us!  

 

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. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter.  Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

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