Software Engineer: Quality & Test Automation

Cisco Systems, Inc; Galway; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Galway, Ireland, seeks a software/test automation engineer to advance our automated testing strategy across the software stack, from Linux internals to device-level integrations.

You will own test automation infrastructure, design strategies, and contribute to scalable quality practices within a global team spanning Oslo and the U.S. You will build automated tests in Python and C++, develop unit and integration suites, and set up metrics and dashboards to monitor test

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software or test automation engineering experience.
• Experience with Python and C++, including writing clean code, testing, and debugging.
• Experience writing unit and integration tests and building or extending automated test suites.
• Experience working with Linux and Networking.
• Familiarity with core DevOps tools such as Git and CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker).

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain automated tests and test infrastructure in Python (and related languages as needed), covering unit, integration, and device-level scenarios
• Help design and take our quality and testing approach to the next level — from test strategy and coverage through CI integration, reporting, and debug workflows
• Work across the software stack, from Linux-level behaviour on our devices through to application and meeting-platform integration, to identify gaps and close them with automation
• Set up metrics, dashboards, and alarms that make product quality and test health visible and actionable
• Improve developer workflows by building tooling — including AI-assisted test generation, triage, and operational support where it adds real value
• Build software with quality and attention to detail, and help the team focus on continuous improvement — whether related to code quality or internal processes

Skills

Python

C++

Unit tests

Automation testing

Linux

Education

Degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Galway, Ireland, seeks a software/test automation engineer to advance our automated testing strategy across the software stack, from Linux internals to device-level integrations.

You will own test automation infrastructure, design strategies, and contribute to scalable quality practices within a global team spanning Oslo and the U.S. You will build automated tests in Python and C++, develop unit and integration suites, and set up metrics and dashboards to monitor test