Software Engineering Technical Leader Cisco · Milpitas, CA

QuickCruit, Inc.; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco's Distributed System Engineering group in Milpitas seeks a Software Engineering Technical Leader to drive design and implementation of SONiC networking capabilities across SRv6, uSID, BGP, EVPN and VXLAN. You will partner with architecture, product, hardware and customer teams to deliver production-ready solutions on Linux and merchant-silicon platforms.

You will create technical designs and user docs, debug complex issues, contribute upstream to open source, and push innovations that

Qualifications

• Expert in SONiC, SRv6, MRC and AI infrastructure networking.
• Leads architecture and feature development across Linux, FRR, SAI.
• Strong open-source contributions and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of advanced SONiC networking features.
• Collaborate with architecture, product, hardware and customer teams.
• Create technical design docs and upstream open-source contributions.
• Drive production readiness, testing and validation on silicon platforms.
• Mentor engineers and steer Cisco's data-center networking strategy.

Skills

SONiC

SRv6

uSID

MRC

IPM

BGP

EVPN

VXLAN

Linux

Open-source

Architecture leadership

Tools

Broadcom Tomahawk

Cisco Silicon One

Job description

# Software Engineering Technical LeaderCisco · Milpitas, CATailor My ResumeStart free. No credit card.### About the JobThe application window is expected to close on: 10/01/2026### About the companyThe 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 a massive transformation to build the next generation infrastructure to meet the needs of AI/ML workloads and continuously increasing internet users and applications. We are uniquely positioned to capture that market transition. This team builds products by harnessing the potential of open-source technologies while pushing the boundaries on Systems and Silicon Architecture.### ResponsibilitiesAs a Software Engineering Technical Leader you will lead the design and implementation of advanced SONiC networking capabilities across SRv6, uSID, MRC, IPM, BGP, EVPN, VXLAN, and AI-scale data-center fabrics. Partners with architecture, product management, hardware, platform, and customer teams to deliver production-ready solutions across SONiC, FRR, SAI, Linux, and merchant-silicon platforms. Creates technical design and user documentation, debugs complex issues across development and production environments, drives upstream open-source contributions, and brings new ideas that improve Cisco’s competitiveness in data-center and AI networking.* Recognized as a technical expert in SONiC, SRv6, MRC, and AI infrastructure networking.* Leads the architecture and development of complex features across SONiC, FRR, SAI, Linux, and merchant-silicon platforms.* Drives SRv6/uSID, MRC, and IPM capabilities from technical design through implementation, validation, and production readiness.* Develops solutions for traffic engineering, packet spraying, multipath resiliency, failure recovery, telemetry, performance measurement, and large-scale network fabrics.* Leads integration and validation on Broadcom Tomahawk and Cisco Silicon One platforms.* Drives interoperability between SONiC, IOS XR, and other industry routing platforms.* Proactively identifies and resolves complex software, protocol, performance, scale, and hardware-integration issues.* Develops and delivers innovative technical strategies for AI backend, scale-up, scale-out, cloud, and hyperscale data-center networks.* Leads major projects that influence Cisco’s SONiC product direction and open networking strategy.* Contributes to SONiC, SAI, FRR, OCP, IETF, and other open-source and industry initiatives.