Software Development Engineer – Routing Platforms(4 to 8 Years)
Cisco (company site, opens in a new tab)4–8 yrsBengaluruOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 22–40 LPA
Posted 20h ago
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About This Role
- Develop and maintain forwarding and platform software for SD-WAN and edge routing devices.
- Collaborate with ASIC, hardware, and cross-functional teams to define architectures, implement high-performance packet forwarding, and integrate Network Interface Modules.
- Utilize modern AI-assisted development tools to improve software quality and development efficiency.
Minimum Requirements
- 4-8 years of software development experience in networking, including platforms, system software, kernel/user-space drivers, bootloaders, and BIOS.
- Strong proficiency in C/C++ with experience in systems programming on Linux.
- Experience with device driver development, RTOS/Linux kernel, bootloaders (ROMMON), hardware bring-up, and board support packages (BSP).
- Solid understanding of routing architectures and Layer 2/Layer 3 protocols (e.g., Ethernet, VLANs, STP).
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Expertise in hardware-software integration and performance debugging at kernel and hardware abstraction layers.
- Experienced in development workflows that incorporate AI/ML-assisted coding tools and modern IDEs like VSCode.
- Comfortable working on next-generation routing platforms at scale with cross-functional collaboration across hardware, firmware, and software teams.