Software Developer in Test

Software Developer in Test – Cisco

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Meet the Team

The Distributed Systems Engineering group is part of Cisco Networking organization that champions new methodologies and builds and tests scalable software solutions that interact with widely deployed Internet products, thereby touching an endless number of users worldwide.

Your Impact

As a Software Developer in Test (SDET), you will be part of Cisco's Distributed Systems Engineering team, responsible for developing automation and test frameworks to ensure the quality and reliability of complex network software systems.

In this role, you will design, implement, and maintain scalable automation environments and continuous deployment pipelines using Python and Pytest. You will collaborate closely with software development and system engineering teams to build robust, efficient, and reusable automation solutions that validate software releases intended for deployment in production environments.

As a core team member of this group, you would be responsible for the test automation development and execution of the next generation of routing & packet-optical products for the Service Provider & Web OTT segment.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS / MS / PhD degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 3+ years hands‑on experience in software development for distributed systems, ideally within networking domains.
• Experience developing test automation and test suites for networking devices – whether through CLI‑based testing or controller / API‑driven interactions.
• Demonstrative experience with Python and with Pytest for automation in CI / CD environments, leveraging tools like Git, Jenkins, and open‑source test frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications

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