Firmware Engineer, MX Security - Cisco Systems, Inc.

Applications are accepted until further notice

At Cisco Meraki, our intuitive platform enables organizations of all sizes to deliver customer and employee experiences at scale. To provide best-in-class technologies to our customers, we've created an unrivaled company culture for our employees. One that is collaborative, flexible, and inclusive and provides employees with the autonomy to develop technology that's intuitive, secure, and accessible for everyone.

The Meraki MX is one of the world’s leading Security Routers, with millions of active deployments around the world, and we are looking for highly motivated feature engineers to work on the next generation of high-performance network security solutions!

If you enjoy working on features for high-performance and distributed systems, and also like the idea of being part of a small but highly capable team, then we would love to hear from you.

As a feature engineer, you will be responsible for designing and implementing customer-facing features with a special focus on network security. We offer an opportunity to work across our stack, developing software that spans from embedded Linux firmware and routing software, all the way up to our distributed, cloud-hosted backend.

Our projects are driven by technological innovation and developer creativity in addition to market demands, giving you the structure and freedom to pursue projects you are most passionate about. With hundreds of millions of people using Meraki products around the world, your work will have a significant impact from the day it is deployed.

You are an ideal candidate if you have:

• 5+ years of professional (or comparable) experience writing production code
• Strong Problem Solving Skills using C++
• Good understanding of Unix-based OS and Network fundamentals
• Effective Collaborative and Communication skills
• An appetite for learning about software and systems, and an interest in breaking things to learn how to make them better.
• Experience working on application profiling and optimization
• Working knowledge of core networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, ARP, IPv6)
• Experience with Go and Rust programming languages
• Experience with Linux internals like epoll, control groups, and namespaces
• Experience in scripting skills using POSIX, Python, Ruby, or similar

About Cisco Meraki

Cisco Meraki, a division of Cisco Networking, is a cloud-managed IT company and leader in cloud-controlled Wi-Fi, routing, and security. Our intuitive platform enables organizations of all sizes to deliver customer and employee experiences at scale. To provide best-in-class technologies to our customers, we’ve created an unrivaled company culture for our employees. One where diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences shape our work and fuel our evolution. One that is collaborative, flexible, and inclusive and provides employees with the autonomy to develop technology that’s accessible and secure for everyone.

At Cisco Meraki, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, inspire innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case-by-case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.