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# Software Engineering Technical Leader

- **Company:** Cisco Systems Inc
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Engineering, Data Centers, Software Debugging, Linux, Distributed Systems, Software Engineering, System Programming, Virtualization Technology, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Free and Open-Source Software, Software Coding, Cisco
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/A10C06E7146F4A3C854CAEFE2229B2B3/job/

## About the Role

Isovalent, now part of Cisco, is seeking a Software Engineer to join our Isovalent Networking for Virtualization engineering team. As a software engineer, you are tasked with implementing features, root-causing and fixing bugs and performing maintenance tasks on our codebase, together with the team. You are eager to dive headfirst into complex problems, resourceful in finding novel approaches to overcome them, and capable of clearly communicating your ideas., * Strong communication skills and proven ability to work in collaborative environments

 * Experience with any of Go/Rust/C/C++/Zig or other systems programming language
 * Experience in professional software engineering and the ability and desire to write high quality and efficient code
 * Familiarity with Linux, networking and distributed systems in general, * Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
 * Experience with Go and/or eBPF
 * Experience in cloud native datacenter networking
 * Experience in managing production Kubernetes clusters, SRE principles and infrastructure automation tools
 * Experience in writing code to interact with Kubernetes
 * Experience with Cilium and/or other CNIs
 * Open-source contributions in relevant projects