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# Software Manager - Routing protocols

- **Company:** Ciena
- **Location:** Edinburgh, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Border Gateway Protocol, Code Review, Computer Engineering, Routing, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Software Engineering, Software Systems, Network Routers, Linux Development, Information Technology, Free and Open-Source Software
- **Published:** August 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=54d213da4edafe24

## About the Role

* Education: Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
 * Experience: 10+ years of experience in a software development role within the networking domain.
 * Experience: 5+ years of experience in a technical leadership role and/or people management role.
 * Knowledge of network routers, switches, or routing protocols such as OSPF and BGP.

Nice to haves:

 * Utilization of a Linux development environment.
 * Experience in open-source software development.

## Description

As the global leader in high-speed connectivity, Ciena is committed to a people-first approach. Our teams enjoy a culture focused on prioritizing a flexible work environment that empowers individual growth, well-being, and belonging. We're a technology company that leads with our humanity-driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact.

This leadership role drives software development excellence within the networking domain by combining technical direction, people leadership, and cross-functional collaboration. The position plays a key role in delivering high-quality software solutions that support performance, scalability, availability, and flexibility goals across the product portfolio.

How you will make an impact:

 * Lead a team of software developers by providing technical leadership and managerial guidance.
 * Recruit and mentor team members to expand team capability and individual development.
 * Review product requirements and feature requests, delivering development effort estimates and risk assessments to senior management.
 * Influence architectural decisions, design reviews, code reviews, test plans, and technology strategy.
 * Manage multiple concurrent projects to deliver committed features on schedule.
 * Foster continuous improvement in software engineering practices and product quality across performance, scalability, availability, and flexibility objectives.
 * Collaborate with software development teams, product line management, quality assurance (QA), and technical support teams.