Cisco Software Development Engineer reviews

4.5

99% would recommend to a friend

(71 total reviews)
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Chuck Robbins

99% approve of CEO

99% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Cisco with 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 71 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Cisco is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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71 reviews
5.0
May 7, 2026
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Pros

Excellent work life balance. The culture is great. The managers are trained here every now and then with the culture rules. Seniors have nearly 25-30 years of experience in this same company. The inclination rate is very less. You can switch roles inside cisco through internal transfer and that works well.

Cons

This is not a software first company, which means the software engineers are not paid equally when compared with similar range of companies. Salary is not revised much. Bonus will be reduced by saying performance reasons. There are very less openings, due to which new talent won't prefer much here.

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