Senior Software Engineer - Optics & DSE (Hybrid Milpitas)

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Milpitas (CA); Hybrid; USD 168,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Comprehensive benefits

Annual bonuses

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Milpitas, CA, is hiring for a software engineer on the SONiC Optics team.

This hybrid role involves three days per week in the Milpitas office and exciting work integrating optics with network software. You will develop and integrate software modules for optical subsystems, interfaces with ASICs, telemetry, and lifecycle management, collaborating with hardware and open-source communities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of software development experience.
• 3+ years Linux-based system programming (C/C++/Python).
• Experience debugging in distributed or embedded environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate software modules for optical subsystems in SONiC.
• Interface SONiC with hardware such as ASICs and BMCs; provide APIs.
• Implement telemetry, diagnostics, and lifecycle management support.
• Collaborate with hardware, QA, and OSS teams; contribute to CI/CD.

Skills

Linux

C/C++/Python

Distributed systems

Debugging tools

Networking protocols

Docker

Kubernetes

Telemetry

CI/CD

Hardware-software interfaces

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SDKs / Drivers

Platform abstraction layers

Automation tools

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Milpitas, CA, is hiring for a software engineer on the SONiC Optics team.

This hybrid role involves three days per week in the Milpitas office and exciting work integrating optics with network software. You will develop and integrate software modules for optical subsystems, interfaces with ASICs, telemetry, and lifecycle management, collaborating with hardware and open-source communities.