Leader, Software Engineering

Location: Bangalore, India

Enables the engineering team to improve and optimize the engineering processes and infrastructure to deliver a great experience to the engineering organization for building products. Directs the activities of a software systems development function, software applications development function, and a software quality assurance function for software enhancements and new products including cloud-based or internet-related tools.

What You’ll Do

• Leads a team of software engineers in the design, development and implementation of products or foundational technology
• Typically leads 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)
• Contributes to and maintains processes and standards (e.g., for design reviews, security, and testing)
• Provides feedback and insight into standards and practices while identifying areas for improvement in process, architecture, design, and security
• Considers all aspects of security from secure development practices to proper security architecture functionality
• Leads large and/or complex projects from requirements to completion
• Manages product and/or system level tradeoffs and design decisions to drive quality and consistency; updates team priorities as appropriate
• 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
• Contributes to product roadmap discussions and provide schedules and resource estimates, drives successful project and/or product development
• May lead discussions with customers and/or stakeholders to explain solutions, gather feedback, and work with crossfunctional 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

Typically: Bachelors + 15 years of related experience, or Masters + 12 years of related experience, or PhD + 8 years of related experience

Also requires 4+ years of supervisory experience.

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.

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