Software Engineer
Cisco · Posted Oct 23
Networking, cloud, cybersecurity, and enterprise IT infrastructure services
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About the role
Cisco builds networking, security, and infrastructure solutions that connect and protect organizations across physical and digital worlds. The role sits within a software engineering team that follows design thinking principles, secure coding practices, and the software development lifecycle, partnering with design and product management. This engineer develops, debugs, and tests software, works on small-to-medium features from technical design through completion, and supports production systems and customer needs.
What you will do
- Contributes to solution of straightforward business problems regarding operations, products, services or customers.
- Analyzes information, asks questions and checks for understanding using standard procedures within the job family.
- Establishes relationships and collaborates effectively with own team.
- Collaborates with others on projects and works on small-to-medium features from technical design through completion.
- Applies understanding of the software development lifecycle and how various agile engineering practices can be used in own projects (e.g., requirements analysis, design, coding, unit testing, acceptance testing).
- Participates in delivery of technical design features with guidance.
- May apply understanding of how related features in a product solves one or more customer needs.
- Writes functional clean code and unit tests with guidance.
- Performs parts of the coding, debugging, testing and troubleshooting throughout the development process under supervision.
- Assists in code reviews and addresses code review feedback.
- Executes tests for scale, reliability and velocity within own code.
- Applies depth of knowledge in secure coding principles and reviews others' code for compliance.
- Monitors and triages incident reports and participates in postmortems and potential on-call duties.
- Expert in one component of the codebase.
- Shares knowledge from independent learning with the team.
- Estimates time to complete assignments and communicates status, blockers, and delays to the team.
- Identifies paths to eliminate blockers and meet deadlines when needed.
- Collaborates with team members to share learnings or assist in problem solving/resolution.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelors + 2 years of related experience OR Masters + 0 years of related experience.
- Requires basic knowledge of theories, principles and concepts within a technical discipline; has exposure to current technologies through coursework or internship.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Cisco
Cisco Systems, Inc. is a worldwide leader in IT, networking, and cybersecurity solutions that transform how people connect, communicate, and collaborate. The company specializes in routing, switching, data center infrastructure, and software-defined networking designed for enterprises of all sizes. Today, Cisco drives major advancements in AI infrastructure, observability, and secure hybrid work platforms.
- Industry
- Networking
- Company size
- 90000+ employees
- Founded
- 1984
- Location
- San Jose, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
President and Chief Product Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief People, Policy & Purpose Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Experience Officer
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