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.