Software Engineering Technical Leader

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 an extensive 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 gather that market transition. This team builds products by harnessing the potential of open-source technologies while pushing the boundaries on Systems and Silicon Architecture.

You are curious and a problem solver. You love to learn and grow and work in an environment that is ever changing. You are a self-starter that flourishes with learning information quickly and uses resources to research and resolve issues. You are comfortable working with multi-disciplinary, multicultural, and geographically dispersed teams. 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, tuning systems to achieve roofline performance and communicating problems and solutions effectively.

You are zealously focused on quality with an automation first attitude and are experienced with scripting languages and test frame works.

• Develop, implement, troubleshoot and support QoS features for RDMA enabling protocols and technologies for data center applications
• Diagnose and resolve issues related to QoS features for enabling RDMA technologies
• Develop, implement and extend and execute test plans to ensure serviceability, reliability and performance of system
• Work closely with cross-functional hardware and software engineering teams to ensure seamless integration of QoS features for RDMA enabling technologies
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and debugging processes to ensure high-quality work
• Provide technical support and guidance to other teams and collaborators
• Integrate RDMA solutions with existing network infrastructure and applications

• BS degree plus 8 years or MS degree plus 6 years of professional experience
• 8+ years of relevant software development, integration and debugging experience in Linux environments
• 5+ years of embedded software development experience with C/C++ or Go and Python
• More than 2 years of experience with Quality of Service features (QoS)
• Strong understanding of networking protocols (TCP/IPv4/IPv6, L2/L3 routing and switching, ARP, BFD, LACP, BGP)

• Docker, GIT, Jira, Jenkins, CI/CD pipeline tools and development/debugging tools like make and gdb
• 3+ years of experience with development, implementation, and optimization of RDMA technologies in datacenter or HPC environments
• More than 3 years of data plane experience working with in NPU, DPU or software data plane
• Experience with network simulation and testing tools
• 2+ experience with datacenter congestion control technologies and protocols
• Strong debugging and performance tuning skills
• Experience leading small teams on a turnkey basis
• Contributions to open-source networking projects is a plus
• Ability to work solo, in small team setting or in geographically diverse cross-functional teams

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