Cisco

Software Development Engineering Manager

Cisco$210K — $305K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelors + 15 years, Masters + 12 years, or PhD + 8 years of experience required.
  • 2+ years of experience in People Management.
  • Proven background in Cloud-native software development cycles including Git, Jenkins, and CI/CD.
  • Experience in developing Microservices and working with Virtualization technologies.
  • Familiarity with TCP/IP Networking products and solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a software engineering team in designing and implementing foundational technology products.
  • Guide teams through technical design and feature completion.
  • Collaborate across functions to uphold technical standards.
  • Maintain processes for design reviews, security, and testing.
  • Drive the quality and performance of products within your purview.
  • Identify and suggest improvements in process, architecture, and security.
  • Lead complex projects from initial requirements to delivery.

Benefits

  • Engage in shaping cutting-edge AI infrastructure.
  • Opportunity to work in an engineer-driven culture that emphasizes autonomy.
  • Contributions will impact how data infrastructure operates in the future.
  • Emphasis on developer well-being and efficient practices within a supportive environment.
Full Job Description
The application window is expected to close on: 07/31/2026
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Your Impact

You will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of AI infrastructure. As part of our team, you'll thrive in an autonomous, engineer-led culture where developers drive innovation and deliver exceptional customer experience. You'll contribute to the design and implementation of a product in its formative stage of development and growth.
Your work will help redefine how data infrastructure is built and operated for years to come. You'll be working at the forefront of technology in an organization that values developer experience, well-being, and efficiency within a supportive, hands-off leadership environment. By delivering seamless, scalable solutions, you'll empower our customers to scale their infrastructure quickly, cost-effectively, and with confidence while driving innovation and shaping the future of AI infrastructure.

As a Leader, Software Engineering within Hyper Fabric Group, your leadership will be pivotal in shaping the future of AI Infrastructure. You will:
• Lead a team of software engineers in the design, development and implementation of products or foundational technology
• Lead teams working on large features from technical design through completion • Collaborates cross-functionally to ensure technical standards (e.g., potentially with external technology providers, and any internal technology dependencies)
• Contribute to and maintain processes and standard (e.g., for design reviews, security, and testing)
• Accountable for quality of product within area of responsibility; makes recommendations to products and services with respect to issues, opportunities and improvements, focusing on quality and performance
• Identifying areas for improvement in process, architecture, design, and security
• Considers all aspects of security from secure development practices to proper security architecture functionality
• Lead large and/or complex projects from requirements to completion
• Manage product and/or system level tradeoffs and design decisions to drive quality and consistency; updates team priorities as appropriate.
• Contribute to product roadmap discussions and provide schedules and resource estimates, drive successful project and/or product development
• Lead discussions with customers and/or partners to explain solutions, gather feedback, and work with multi-functional teams to ensure feedback is reflected in design decisions and deployment.
• Works multi-functionally to define, drive, and deliver key projects in timely manner (e.g., Product Management, Operations, QA Firmware, Software, Mechanical, Vendors)

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelors + 15 years of related experience, or Masters + 12 years of related experience, or PhD + 8 years of related experience.
  • 2+ years of People Management experience.
  • Demonstrated experience with Cloud native SW development cycle (Git, Jenkins, CI-CD)
  • Demonstrated experience in Development of Microservices and Virtualization
  • Demonstrated experience with TCP/IP Networking products and solutions

Preferred Qualifications

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience with multi-functional Engineering Leadership team

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