Meet the Team
We are the Cisco Distributed System Engineering (DSE) group is at the forefront of developing products that power the largest networks in the world. The networking industry is going through a massive transformation to build the next generation infrastructure to meet the needs of AI/ML workloads and continuously increasing internet users and application. We are uniquely positioned to capture that market transition. This team builds products by harnessing the potential of open-source technologies while pushing the boundaries on Systems and Silicon Architecture.
Your Impact
As a Software Engineer, SDK/SAI Engineer on our team, you are curious and a problem solver. You love to learn and grow and work in an environment that is constantly evolving. You will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the future of AI and ML networking infrastructure. You are a technologist at heart and a leader in practice that is passionate about building and delivering data plane and control plane software. You are experienced spotting performance bottlenecks and tuning systems to achieve roofline performance. You will focus on quality with an automation first mindset to help drive test frameworks. You will have the opportunity to:Join an agile team engaged in the design, development and testing of the Data Center feature set for the Cisco 8000 platforms.Collaborate with internal Cisco teams and the open-source community on:Layer 2: VLAN, Port Channel, MCLAG.Layer 3: IPv4, IPv6, VxLAN, Tunnels.QoS: Queuing, Policers, WRED, PFC, ECN.ACL: L2, L3, Ingress, Egress, ACL based forwarding.Contribute to open-source networking projects, particularly SONiC/SAI.Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s in computer science or a like technical field with 7 + years of relevant work experience, or a Masters with 5 + years of related experience.Programming experience in C, C++ or Python.Experience with SDK’s such as SAI (switch abstraction interface) library development for Switches, NPUs or DPUs.Software development experience with Linux based platforms or other like network operating systems.Experience with Network related technologies such as data-plane forwarding technologies such as L2/ L3, IPv4/IPv6, Overlay networks.Preferred Qualifications: Exposure to SONiC or experience working with the SONiC open-source community.Experience in data-plane services including ACL and Queuing/Scheduling/Buffering implementations in networking equipment Strong knowledge of networking. technologies including:Layer 2: VLAN, Port Channel, MCLAG.Layer 3: IPv4, IPv6, VxLAN, Tunnels.QoS: Queuing, Policers, WRED, PFC, ECN.ACL: L2, L3, Ingress, Egress, ACL based forwarding.Experience working directly with end customers and providing direct technical solutions to customers.Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment across software and silicon teams.#WeAreCisco
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