Software Engineer

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Develops software consistent with Cisco ‘Design Thinking Principles’ with a focus on simplification and UX (User Experience) at its core, using secure coding practices, ensuring user privacy, and following software development best practices. Partners with other teams including design and product management to create the right solution for the customers. Creates technical design documentation to be used by the team as well as contributing to user documentation to be used by end users. Debugs and addresses software issues during development and in production systems to support customers. Brings new ideas for product innovation and helps improve software development processes.

What You’ll Do:

• Communicates status and issues to the team
• Shares experience and knowledge to support the team
• Performs routine assignments that require basic knowledge and exposure to fundamental theories, principles, and concepts.
• Collaborates effectively with own team.
• Contributes to small projects and works with others on small features primarily focused on coding and testing.
• Develops an understanding of the software development lifecycle and the various agile engineering practices (e.g., requirements analysis, design, coding, unit testing, acceptance testing), and assists on projects where these methods are applied.
• Analyzes user requirements and works with others to understand impact on technical design features.
• Writes correct code with assistance.
• Supports test code refining and rewriting as part of testing and debugging.
• Assists with tests for scaling for reliability and velocity.
• Applies secure coding principles and follows secure coding guidelines.
• Supports more senior team members in troubleshooting and debugging issues.
• Proficient in at least one large area of the codebase (multiple services in a pillar) with a high-level understanding of other components.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors + 1 to 3 years of previous experience
• Requires basic knowledge of theories, principles and concepts within a technical discipline; has exposure to current technologies through coursework or internship.

Preferred Qualifications
Varies based on the team and business needs | Preferred Qualifications are desired education, experience, and skills that are in addition to Minimum Qualifications.

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.