Software Engineer - Platform forwarding

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  • Location:
    Milpitas, California, US
  • Area of Interest
    Engineer - Software
  • Compensation Range
    146600 USD - 203100 USD
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Software Development
  • Job Id
    1435465
 
Meet the Team 

The 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. This unified, programmable architecture is designed to serve various network environments, from web-scale data centers to 5G network edges and enterprise access points. Specifically, our team emphasizes Layer 3 forwarding on the Cisco IOS XR operating system, enhancing network environments for the world's largest service providers and hyperscalers. 

The primary location of this role is San Jose, California and does require two days a week in the office.

Your Impact

Are you pushing the envelope? As 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. Other responsibilities include…

  •  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:

  • Bachelors in STEM with 5+ years of relevant experience or Masters in STEM with 3+ years of experience working in a computer networking domain 
  • Programming experience with C or C++
  •  Automation experience with Python
Preferred Qualifications:

  • Previous experience in networking, including experience with networking protocols such as (IPv4, IPv6, MPLS, RIP, etc.)
  • Experience using GO programming language to write unit tests
  • Familiarity with Linux environments
  • Experience with Agile development methodologies
  • Experience in network virtualization development
  • Experienced with modern software tools and techniques for development/debugging and validated software design and development skills


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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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