Meet the Team
Cisco is a global leader in networking and IT, dedicated to transforming how people connect, communicate, and collaborate. We have created an unrivaled company culture that is team-oriented, empathetic, and provides employees with the autonomy to develop technology that is intuitive, secure, and simple for everyone to use.
Our Routing SD-WAN Group is at the forefront of innovation, delivering intelligent, secure, and scalable WAN edge solutions. Within this group, the Routing Platform Software team builds industry-leading SD-WAN and edge routing platforms. We are reinventing the WAN with controller-based, intent-driven networking that delivers secure connectivity across cloud, on-prem, and SaaS applications. You will join a high-energy group working on next-generation routing and services at a global scale, connecting thousands of devices and millions of users.
Your Impact
As a Technical Leader, you will develop and evolve the forwarding and platform software that powers our SD-WAN and edge routing solutions. You will collaborate with ASIC, hardware,



and cross-functional engineering teams to define new architectures, implement high-performance packet forwarding, and deliver robust, production-ready features. You will also leverage modern AI tools to enhance software development practices, driving efficiency, quality, and innovation.

Key Responsibilities
- Hardware-Software Integration: Collaborate with hardware engineering teams to bring up new platforms, develop low-level drivers, and integrate Network Interface Modules (NIMs).
- Firmware Development: Design, implement, and maintain ROMMON and bootloader software to ensure secure and reliable system initialization.
- Forwarding Plane Optimization: Develop and tune high-performance forwarding plane software to meet the rigorous demands of modern secure routing environments.
- Performance Debugging: Perform deep-dive analysis into performance bottlenecks at the kernel and hardware-abstraction layers, i

📌 Software Engineering Technical Leader – Routing, C, Linux (Bengaluru)
🏢 Cisco
📍 Bengaluru