# Software Engineering Technical Leader

The application window is expected to close on: 11/09/2026Meet the Team The Routing Engineering team for the Cisco 8000 platform focuses on developing high-performance software solutions for cloud-scale infrastructure within the IOS-XR environment. We specialize in architectural optimization, ensuring robust packet forwarding and reliable system operations across modular hardware platforms. Our team bridges the gap between complex routing protocols and data plane performance to meet the rigorous demands of modern service providers and hyperscale networks. Impact 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 innovati

- **Id**: 3997872
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cisco-systems-software-engineering-technical-leader-39>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Milpitas, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-08T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-08
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T02:03:37Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7569
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Annual bonuses, Equity, Life insurance, Parental leave, Restricted stock units, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Network Security, Unified Communications, Endpoint Security, Observability & APM

## Company

- **Id**: 90
- **Name**: Cisco Systems
- **Domain**: cisco.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cisco-systems>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 84
- **Open postings**: 266
- **Ghost share**: 0.049
- **Stale share**: 0.462
- **Repost share**: 0.086
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 26
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 186900
- **Max**: 307800
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 307800

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **Threat Modeling** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: yes
- **Linux** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T02:03:37Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1,384 · green card filings: 608; Filings 12m: 1384

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 26
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T02:59:27Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 307800
- **Is top pay**: yes

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