Principal Software Engineer- Silicon One

Who We Are

Cisco Silicon One is the center of Cisco’s ASIC design and is driving the development of next-generation network devices for the 5G and AI era. Our outstanding team works in a startup atmosphere within a stable and leading corporate environment, and our design center hosts all silicon Hardware and Software development fields under one roof.

Our devices are crafted for universal adaptability, delivering high speed without sacrificing programmability, buffering, power efficiency, scale, or feature flexibility. The Cisco Silicon One team develops breakthrough silicon products.

We enable the use of these innovative products in the fast-paced world of Open Standards, Open Networking, and massively Scalable Cloud Data Centers. If you want to work with amazing people and groundbreaking customers developing the next generation of world-class products, join us!

Who You’ll Work With

Our team develops the full software stack enabling the Silicon One network processors.

We work with the Open Standards community and our incredible customers to deliver best in class routing and switching platforms. Work also with architecture and design teams to define the next generation of ASIC products being developed.

You will work cross-functionally with ASIC teams, customer engineering teams to understand and prioritize features, capabilities.

These platforms play a key role in the emerging field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. We work with subject-matter experts around the world who share a common mission to deliver world-class products and to have fun doing it.

Who You Are

You are a creative and skilled technical professional who excels at solving complex problems. As a passionate innovator and self-starter, you turn strategic visions into reality.

Using your strong communication, empathy, and analytical abilities you collaborate effectively by listening, finding common ground, and working as a team to find the best product solutions. You have a high awareness which will guide you in generating trust with the customer. You are very organized enabling you to scale across multiple customer conversations well. You are able to piece together fragments of information and discover customer requirements that can guide our products to match these requirements.

What You’ll Do

Close interaction with customers to gather requirements, explain system design, share timelines, address difficulties, questions, issues, help in adoption.

Lead technical team to implement features that are aligned to customer expectations now and will address their expectation in the future.

Collaborate with multi-functional teams, including Silicon One architects, software engineers and senior partners to ensure the alignment of Silicon One software initiatives and development work with business objectives.

Lead the design and architecture of robust software systems, making design choices and dictating coding standards, tools, and platforms.

Drive the adoption of standard processes in coding, testing, documentation and maintainability.

Provide technical leadership by guiding and mentoring a team of Software Engineers, driving technical excellence in SDK/SAI API development.

Design, develop, and maintain APIs that expose Silicon One capabilities to various teams, ensuring scalability, reliability, and ease of use.

Implement robust monitoring and logging solutions to track the performance and health of deployed silicon one software, enabling issue resolution.

Ensure that silicon one software and APIs meet security and compliance standards, collaborating closely with security teams to implement necessary measures.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering or related field or 14+ years of experience in IT, Software Engineering field.

Experience in the computer networking field and writing software in C++, Python in a product area (ASIC)

Experience with P4 programmability

7+ years of experience leading the design and development of software systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to address complex issues.

Experience serving in the capacity of Principal Engineer.

Experience in building software stack for ASIC or similar network processors.

Ability to constantly identify, follow and learn innovative technologies, work in a fast-paced, team-focused environment.

Experience mentoring peers at all levels

Experience with SONiC, SAI or another Network OS.

Knowledge of security and compliance standards.

Experience with cloud, data center, or edge networking products

Why Cisco?

#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters - with people like you!

Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We’re the Internet’s optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it’s not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We’re helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We’re helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world - whether through 5G, or otherwise.

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another - from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).

We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we’re committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions.

So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That’s cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us! #WeAreCisco

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