Performance Architect
Cisco · Caesarea, Israel · Product and Engineering
About this role
Cisco is hiring a principal-level Principal Engineer in the software engineering function based in Caesarea, Israel. The posting calls out experience with Python, Networking.
- Role
- Principal Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- principal
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Caesarea, Israel
- Department
- Product and Engineering
- Posted
- Mar 17, 2026
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Job description
from Cisco careersWhat You'll Do
Join our Cisco Silicon One architecture team, the core of silicon development at Cisco. Our architects manage all aspects of system chip development and provide specifications to various development teams. In this role you will:
- Define the features and specifications of future devices.
- Utilize a data-driven approach to model and analyze networks of tomorrow, providing optimal solutions for our customers.
- Model, analyze, and present simulation results for cutting-edge networking solutions across various use cases.
- Apply strong networking research skills and a robust theoretical background to your work.
Who You'll Work With
You will be part of Cisco’s Silicon One architecture team, which is central to Cisco’s ASIC group.
Our team, which operates with a startup mentality within a stable and leading corporation, drives the development of next-generation networking devices—Cisco Silicon One™.
Our design center is unique, hosting all silicon hardware and software development disciplines at one site. We are revolutionizing the industry by building a new internet for AI networks and the 5G era, with a unified, programmable silicon architecture that will underpin all of Cisco's future routing and switching products.