Software development jobs in the United States

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Counted Nov 5, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 53,658
Employers: 10,192

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payUSD / year: $140,406Across 11,217 listings
Average starting payUSD / hour: $56.93Across 2,356 listings
Average starting payUSD / month: $12,451Across 61 listings
Average starting payCAD / year: $135,863Across 47 listings
Average starting payUSD / week: $2,051Across 11 listings

Employer-advertised starting pay, not employee salaries. Currencies and pay periods stay separate.

Where work happens

Remote: 8%4,547 listings
Hybrid: 7%3,663 listings
On-site: 16%8,646 listings

Not specified: 69% (36,802 listings)

Employers hiring include Akamai Technologies, Inc. (762), Lockheed Martin (697), Salesforce.com (609).

Sources & calculation notes

These figures describe the listings on this role page at the date shown, not the whole job market. Listings can change.

Employer-listed minimums from at least 10 listings per currency and pay period. These are advertised starting amounts, not employee salaries. Jobs without a minimum and unusual amounts are excluded.

Hybrid and on-site classifications may be inferred from descriptions. Check the original ad. How we count

Software development jobs in the United States

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Cisco Systems, Inc.

Software Engineer, Network Engineering

San Jose, CA, United States
Milpitas, CA, United States

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Job details

Apply by: Nov 7, 2026
Experience: Bachelors +5 years of related experience, or Masters +3 years of related experience, or PHD +0 year of related experience, or equivalent related work experience.
Posting language: English
Posted: Nov 4, 2026

Original job description

The application window is expected to close on: 11/06/2026 Meet the Team

Cisco Validated Infrastructure Services (CVIS) establishes and proves the performance of large AI clusters before they are handed over to customers. We deploy each cluster, validate it against performance baselines, and deliver the evidence that it is ready for service. The platform behind that work is full stack. It combines workflow and API services, network and infrastructure automation, and the UI used to run validation across labs and customer environments.

Your Impact

As a Software Engineer, you will drive CVIS, along with end-to-end solution testing, RA certification, GPU debugging, network behavior analysis, performance profiling and bottleneck analysis, acceptance criteria, test planning and automation, and release qualification and readiness across AI cluster. In this role, you will:

Design comprehensive test strategies, validation matrices, automation frameworks, and exit criteria for AI cluster solutions.
Run CVIS/NVIS, AI Cluster Validation, GPU burn-in, NCCL, workload, resilience, and interoperability test suites.
Run RDMA, NCCL and AI test suites, profile end-to-end performance, pinpoint bottlenecks, and deliver detailed benchmark reports.
Validate integrations across AI cluster deployments with diverse network topologies, spanning Cisco switches, multi-plane fabrics, ToR, compute, storage, and software components.
Lead defect triage and evidence collection through release qualification, RA certification, and final acceptance-report packaging.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelors +5 years of related experience, or Masters +3 years of related experience, or PHD +0 year of related experience, or equivalent related work experience.
Experience building and executing end-to-end validation for GPU or distributed AI systems.
Experience with test strategy, automation, Python, Linux, performance analysis, and defect-triage skills.
Prior experience translating system requirements into measurable tests, acceptance criteria, and release gates.

Preferred Qualifications:

NVIS, NVIDIA GPU platforms, NCCL, Kubernetes, Slurm, network testing, and storage validation.
Benchmark engineering, workload modeling, CI-based testing, observability, and release management.
Experience with Cisco networking and AI cluster reference architectures.
Experience with technical writing and cross-functional communication.

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.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $155,000.00 to $222,600.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and
Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$155,000.00 - $256,000.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$138,100.00 - $227,900.00

For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined. ** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.

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Workflow
Debugging
Packaging
Python
Linux
Kubernetes
Technical writing
Communication skills
Create solutions to problems
Work as a team
Sales

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