Software Engineering Lead

Cisco

. Work on delivering the roadmap together with the team .

Posted 11/7/2026full-timeRemote • Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, Slovakia, United Kingdom, Czechia, Greece, Sweden, Germany, Romania, Norway, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Ireland, Portugal, Netherlands, FranceSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Go and eBPF development, with a strong foundation in distributed systems and cloud-native networking. Proven ability to collaborate effectively in team environments while upholding engineering best practices and code quality.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Go ProgrammingEBPF DevelopmentDistributed Systems ArchitectureKubernetes ManagementCloud Native Networking

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Hard Skills

GoRustCC++ZigLinuxNetworkingKubernetesCiliumSRE Principles

Soft Skills

Strong Communication SkillsCollaborative Work

Tools & Technologies

Infrastructure Automation ToolsCluster Mesh

Certifications & Qualifications

Degree in Computer Science

Industry Keywords

Open-Source ContributionsDatacenter NetworkingCloud Native

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsKubernetesLinuxRustC++Go

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work on delivering the roadmap together with the team
Develop and review high-quality Go and eBPF code for Cilium open-source and Enterprise edition codebases
Collaborate on architecture and design of distributed systems such as working on cluster mesh
Integrate with traditional datacenter networking protocols
Contribute to and uphold engineering best practices, code quality, and operational excellence

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong communication skills and proven ability to work in collaborative environments
Experience with any of Go/Rust/C/C++/Zig or other systems programming language
Experience in professional software engineering and the ability and desire to write high quality and efficient code
Familiarity with Linux, networking and distributed systems in general
Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience (preferred)
Experience with Go and/or eBPF (preferred)
Experience in cloud native datacenter networking (preferred)
Experience in managing production Kubernetes clusters, SRE principles and infrastructure automation tools (preferred)
Experience in writing code to interact with Kubernetes (preferred)
Experience with Cilium and/or other CNIs (preferred)
Open-source contributions in relevant projects (preferred)