Meraki was founded by Ph.D. students from MIT. Our culture and product development philosophy is influenced by our academic roots. We’re looking to hire Ph.D.s that want to balance technical freedom and exploration with the desire to see their work used by the customers and end-users every day.

Meraki has technical challenges at every level of the stack. From new wireless protocols and optimizing network performance, to building large-scale distributed systems that can handle exponential growth, Meraki has challenges across a wide range of technologies, many outside of core networking.

Examples of the systems we've built/worked on include:

• A secure, resilient overlay network that allows our backend to deliver configurations and gather statistics from our devices despite Internet routing anomalies and middleboxes.
• Implementing a scalable, distributed wireless roaming feature to seamlessly hand off client connections between access points in large campus deployments.
• Virtualizing our security appliance firmware, and then building out a testbed of thousands of virtual appliances (each with simulated clients behind them) for scale testing our products.
• A custom database, written from scratch in C++, that processes over 1 million writes/second and intelligently partitions statistics data on disk for fast retrieval and efficient in-memory caching.
• We use a number of different programming languages and systems, deliberately choosing the right tools for each particular application. We write code in C++, Ruby, and Scala. We use Linux, PostgreSQL, Rails, Jetty, Click, nginx, and memcached. We contribute to several open source projects.

You are an ideal candidate if you:

• Ph.D in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Be a data nerd who enjoys the science in computer science.
• Have a passion for seeing their work used by millions of users.
• Know several programming languages, and appreciate each one for what it's best at.
• Have 5+ years of advanced programming skills in C and/or C++ for operating system kernel & systems development.
• Have strong systems and networking foundational knowledge (systems architecture, memory hierarchy, storage subsystems, LANs, routing).

Bonus points for:

• Knowledge of wireless protocols (e.g., 802.11r, 802.11v, 802.11r, Wi-Fi 6, 6E, Bluetooth, Zigbee, 4G).
• Deep understanding of wireless protocols and network security fundamentals.
• Experience building Cloud-based infrastructure and services (e.g. Web applications).
• Passion to lead, improve code, implement design patterns, best coding practices.

Meraki is headquartered in the Mission Bay area of San Francisco, with beautiful views of the Oracle Ballpark and the Bay beyond. There are also locations in San Jose, Chicago, and Austin. All locations offer a generous benefits package.

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.

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.