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# Software Engineering Technical Leader

- **Company:** Cisco Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** Durham, NC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $149,100.0 - $218,900.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Artificial Intelligence, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering, Data Centers, Software Debugging, Hardware Design, Python (Programming Language), Multicasting, Software Engineering, Computer Network Operations, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Information Technology, Low Latency, Machine Learning Operations, C++14, Cisco
- **Published:** November 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/software-engineering-technical-leader-durham-nc--4ad4cad6-7814-4b32-9a9f-12eea2c25129

## About the Role

Software Engineering, Technical Leadership, Startup, Cisco Network Systems, Software Development, Artificial Intelligence (AI), ASIC Design, Hardware Development, Systems Scalability, Network Operations Center, * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or STEM degree and 8+ years of experience in an Engineering role; or Master''s degree with 6+ years of experience in an Engineering role.

 * 8+ years of experience in C/C++.
 * Minimum of 5+ years of experience designing, implementing, troubleshooting, or analyzing Layer-2 or Multicast protocols and forwarding mechanisms in a professional networking environment., * Experience with writing and testing software for high performing and scalable networking products.
 * Experience in analytical reasoning and debugging, with practical experience in using tools such as GDB, PDB, etc.
 * Experience with cloud, data center, or edge networking products
 * Experience in debugging customer related issues.

## Description

In this role, you will lead the design and development of software features for Cisco's Silicon One NPU. You will be responsible for creating software that will be used to build highly scalable, low power, low latency, dense systems for the ever-demanding AI/ML workloads, internet users and applications. You will use modern C++, Network processing language of Silicon One and Python to develop software on the NPU. As a technical leader, you will be part of requirement discussions with the customer and will work on scoping the feature post-closing the requirements. You will take complete ownership of delivering the software in a timely manner and with outstanding quality. You will lead a team of engineers and guide/unblock the team with any design/implementation related issues. You will be the gatekeeper of the code base in the domains you own. You will gain intimate knowledge of the Silicon One hardware architecture, software programming models and work with the architecture and hardware
teams to define the next generation of ASIC products being developed.