# Software Engineer - Platform Infrastructure & Optics

**Company**: Cisco
**Location**: Milpitas
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $167,700.00 - $245,200.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Join the Platform Infrastructure & Optics team at Cisco, a leading technology company, and contribute to the design and development of scalable software systems for high-speed networking platforms, coherent optical transceivers, PHY devices, and next-generation NPU-based systems.

Your Impact:

- Own the lifecycle of management frameworks that ensure seamless, standardized interoperability between hardware and the complex pluggable optics ecosystem.

- Bridge the gap between hardware and software by driving the integration of control-plane and datapath logic, ensuring peak performance in next-generation high-speed environments.

- Architect robust, Linux-based embedded solutions that enable deep integration of hardware optics and PHY layers.

- Champion system reliability by designing diagnostic and telemetry infrastructure that keeps networks observable and autonomous.

- Lead the end-to-end design of medium-scope features, acting as a technical steward for the software roadmap and influencing the adoption of modern, agile engineering best practices.

- Elevate the team through technical mentorship with knowledge sharing, meticulous code reviews, and comprehensive user documentation.

Minimum Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree and 6+ years, Master's degree and 4+ years, or PhD and 1+ years of experience with a degree in CS, EE, or related field.

- Experience with C/C++/Python, Data Structures and Algorithms.

- Embedded systems development and Linux OS programming experience.

- Platform Infrastructure or Optics software development experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience with coherent optics (ZR/ZR+), PHY / SerDes, FEC, ASIC / NPU, and DSP-based systems.

- Familiarity with CMIS and / or SFF standards.

- Experience with IOS-XR, SONiC, FBOSS, or similar NOS platforms.

- Experience with AI networking infrastructure.

- Knowledge of optical line systems and coherent transport technologies.

The starting salary range for this position is $167,700.00 to $245,200.00.

## Skills

### Required
- C/C++/Python
- Data Structures and Algorithms
- Embedded systems development
- Linux OS programming
- Platform Infrastructure or Optics software development

### Nice to have
- coherent optics (ZR/ZR+)
- PHY / SerDes
- FEC
- ASIC / NPU
- DSP-based systems
- CMIS and / or SFF standards
- IOS-XR
- SONiC
- FBOSS
- AI networking infrastructure
- optical line systems and coherent transport technologies

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