Software Engineering Technical Lead– C/C++ | Linux | Networking Protocols | Layer 2/ Layer 3 | 12+ Yrs exp
Cisco (company site, opens in a new tab)12+ yrsBengaluruHybridDirect career pageEst. 45–70 LPA
Posted on 2 Sept
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About This Role
- Lead development and evolution of forwarding and platform software for SD-WAN and edge routing solutions.
- Collaborate with hardware and cross-functional teams on hardware-software integration, including ASIC and Network Interface Modules (NIMs).
- Design, implement, and maintain firmware including ROMMON and bootloader; optimize high-performance forwarding plane software and debug performance bottlenecks at kernel and hardware-abstraction layers.
Minimum Requirements
- 12+ years of industry experience in end-to-end software development in networking.
- Strong proficiency in C/C++ focused on system programming in Linux environments, including device driver and RTOS/Linux kernel development.
- Experience with boot loaders (ROMMON), hardware bring-up, BIOS, board support packages, and performance tuning for control-plane and data-plane.
- Solid understanding of routing architectures, hardware-software interfaces, and LAN/WAN communication interfaces.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Senior technical leader experienced in system-level software development for network routing platforms at scale.
- Expert in hardware-software integration including firmware, platform bring-up, and debugging across hardware, firmware, and software layers.
- Experience with modern AI-assisted development tools and collaborative cross-functional working environments in complex, high-performance networking systems.