Sr Software Engineer - Interface Forwarding

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  • Location:
    RTP, North Carolina, US
  • Area of Interest
    Engineer - Software
  • Compensation Range
    130900 USD - 184600 USD
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Networking, Software Development
  • Job Id
    1437040

Meet the Team

You will be part of the Spitfire Interface and Bundles Software Development Team, which is responsible for delivering high-quality solutions on Cisco 8000 routers through multi-threaded code in C. Your team is tasked with developing the software that operates these routers, covering a variety of Layer 2 and Layer 3 routing protocols, multicast, and more. You won’t be directly customer facing but you will work on solutions that are used by companies such as Google, Facebook, and Comcast. You will gather software requirements and collaborate with other software and hardware teams to design, architect, and execute the necessary work. Your contributions will be vital in ensuring the delivery of innovative and outstanding solutions in the networking domain for large companies who are building out their network infrastructure to handle innovations in AI.

Your Impact

  • Develop and enhance multi-threaded applications in C, effectively assisting in managing millions of lines of code to design and implement critical features with minimal supervision.
  • Ensure code health and reliability by designing and automating robust testing frameworks using Python, improving quality and efficiency.
  • Leveraging technical expertise and collaborating across a multi-functional organization to identify and resolve complex issues, driving successful project outcomes.

You will have the opportunity to learn about a wide range of technologies, customer solutions, and work with some of the world’s largest web, cloud and next gen service provider customers.

You will be part of a diverse team responsible for delivering innovative outstanding high-quality solutions on Cisco8000 involving cutting edge newer generation Silicon One ASICS. You will be part of the team developing SDK and/or Control plane for networking protocols.

You have proven the ability to design and implement features with minimal supervision, leveraging technical knowledge and collaborating to solve issues in a multi-functional organization.

This position is focused on embedded SW with significant SW/HW interactions. The solutions will involve Device Drivers and Network Processors’ knowledge. Experience with memory architecture and access optimization will be useful.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelors + 7 years of related experience, or Masters + 4 years of related experience
  • 5+ years software development experience
  • 3+ years’ of C programming experience
  • L2/L3 understanding

Preferred Qualifications

  • Python experience
  • GBD experience or similar debugging tools
  • Linux experience
  • Experience crafting and implementing solutions within complex software systems
  • Strong interpersonal skills, both written and verbal
  • Excellent analytical and decision-making skills
  • Independent and proactive with an ability to influence others

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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.

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.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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