Cisco · Posted 3 months ago

Software Engineer - C , Embedded, Multithreading , Netconf 4 - 8 years

Bengaluru

The posting

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Meet the Team Cisco IOS-XR team Manageability team is responsible for programmability stack exposing Cisco’s Flagship IOS-XR Operating System as an API.

This small team is responsible for delivering a highly innovative, scalable, and reliable programmatic OS to Cisco’s Campus, Branch, Service Provide Edge, and hyper scalers market Segments that will be deployed on Millions of devices and help to generate Billions in revenue annually.

Your Impact You will be part of a phenomenal team of engineers with a diverse set of experiences and knowledge who develop the next generation machine to machine interface, manageability technology stack (grpc, netconf), and tooling to enable network automation at scale.

In this role you will have an opportunity to learn and for us to learn from you.

Architecting and Evolving IOS-XR Programmability Development of the XR programmability/manageability stack for enabling fully automated operations management for service provider and web customers Simplifying the architecture by reducing memory footprints and improving performance to meet customer expectations and enabling modularity for ease of maintenance Implementing model-driven APIs and programmability features to enable seamless integration with modern tools and workflow Minimum Qualifications (Provide up to five (5) bullet points - these should be clearly defined, objective, non-comparative, relevant, and quantifiable to appropriately evaluate applicants – not including soft skills ): Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years of related experience, or a Master’s degree with 4+ years of experience Expert knowledge and hands-on experience with C and Python Proficiency in writing functional code, unit testing, and debugging.

Network and multithread programming Experience with Linux, Kernel Programming and Open-Source technologies Preferred Qualifications (Provide up to five (5) bullet points: these can include soft skills) Good understanding of regular expressions and CLI parsers Experience in API programming, Netconf, gRPC based services, network programming (TCP/IP) Experience with Open config models and services like netconf, grpc, gnmi, gnoi is a plus Prior development experience in Cisco IOS-XR product Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond.

We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds.

These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions.

Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless.

We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale.

Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

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Cisco

American multinational technology company

Founded
1984
Headquarters
San Jose
Industry
telecommunications industry, networking hardware, infrastructure platform
CEO
Chuck Robbins
Founders
Leonard Bosack, Sandra Lerner
Revenue
$56.7B (2025)
Stock market
Listed on Nasdaq
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