# Software Engineer

**Company**: Cisco
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The Catalyst Engineering IOS XE Platform Independent team at Cisco designs and develops high-performance system software for a wide range of Cisco platforms. As a Software Engineer, you will design and develop next-generation control-plane and data-plane software for Cisco IOS XE and its enterprise networking and security platforms.

Responsibilities:

- Lead large and complex features from requirements definition and architecture through implementation, validation, and production deployment.

- Drive technical decisions and system-level trade-offs for platform-independent database infrastructure.

- Establish standards for developing clean, secure, scalable, and maintainable software.

- Lead architecture, design, and code reviews, as well as threat-modeling and production-readiness assessments.

- Develop strategies, tools, and processes that improve software quality, reliability, performance, and engineering productivity.

- Resolve complex customer and production issues by leading root-cause analysis and implementing sustainable corrective actions.

- Partner with product management and engineering leaders to establish best practices, influence product roadmaps, and contribute to strategic technology decisions.

- Negotiate scope, architecture, timelines, and technical trade-offs with cross-functional stakeholders.

- Mentor senior engineers, strengthen knowledge-sharing practices, and develop technical leadership across the organization.

- Represent the team in technical forums and clearly communicate strategic priorities, risks, decisions, and outcomes to leadership.

Minimum Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree with 9+ years, or a Master’s degree with 6+ years, of relevant experience.

- Strong understanding of operating systems such as Linux, Unix, or RTOS, with experience in the Linux kernel, device drivers, and board support packages (BSPs).

- Proficiency in C programming and Python scripting for automation, tooling, code generation, and prototyping.

- Strong software engineering fundamentals, including modular design, clean coding, unit testing, and code reviews.

- Experience developing software or firmware for networking products.

- Excellent knowledge of software architecture and system design.

- Proven technical leadership experience guiding high-performing teams in designing and delivering high-quality features and solutions.

- Hands-on experience with generative AI assistants, natural language processing, and agentic AI technologies or frameworks such as OpenAI models, Gemini, and Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Preferred Qualifications:

- Hands-on experience with networking protocols such as TCP/IP, BGP, and OSPF, along with complex system architectures.

- Implementation experience in one or more of the following areas: high availability, inter-process communication, memory management, distributed communication infrastructure, serviceability, containers, or virtualization.

- Experience with NETCONF, RESTCONF, gRPC, Protocol Buffers, cloud technologies, or network automation.

- Familiarity with Cisco platforms, IOS XE, and hardware architecture.

- Cisco certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, or CCIE are a plus.

## Skills

### Required
- Linux
- Unix
- RTOS
- C programming
- Python scripting
- software engineering
- networking products
- software architecture
- system design
- technical leadership
- generative AI assistants
- natural language processing
- agentic AI technologies

### Nice to have
- TCP/IP
- BGP
- OSPF
- complex system architectures
- high availability
- inter-process communication
- memory management
- distributed communication infrastructure
- serviceability
- containers
- virtualization
- NETCONF
- RESTCONF
- gRPC
- Protocol Buffers
- cloud technologies
- network automation
- Cisco platforms
- IOS XE
- hardware architecture
- CCNA
- CCNP
- CCIE

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