Senior AI Engineer

Application window is expected to close by 06/15/2025.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

The AI Software & Platform Team delivers AI products so businesses around the world defend against threats and safeguard the most important aspects of business with security resilience. We are passionate about making businesses secure and simplifying security with zero compromise.

Your Impact

As an AI Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in advancing AI security solutions at Cisco. This role offers the exciting opportunity to collaborate with a team of experts and contribute to groundbreaking projects that shape the future of AI security. As a team, we push the frontiers of AI security through a diverse set of workstreams:

• Lead projects with software engineers, data scientists or MLE to build novel algorithms, architect complex systems and build industry leading solutions.
• Work with the privacy team at Cisco and product to build data compliance, provenance and governance policies.
• Lead cross-functional teams to integrate AI solutions into Cisco's security products.
• Influence Leadership and Product on building the next generation solutions, establishing long-term strategic vision and forging new technological pathways.
• You'll have the opportunity to contribute to our overall machine learning and software development culture as a leader in the org.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor with 5 year / Master degree with 2 year / PhD in Computer Science, with experience in AI model development OR Software development
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g. Go, Python, etc.)
• Experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration for deploying and managing microservices at scale.
• Understanding of machine learning model inference APIs and their integration into backend systems.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• An attitude of hands-on learning and constant experimentation to decompose and understand problem areas, with excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable with fast iterative style development in an environment that requires autonomous thinking, risk taking and bias for action.
• Understanding the latest GenAI technologies and creative prompting. Comfortable with traditional ML frameworks like pytorch and TensorFlow, or containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Hands on experience with model developing, data processing, or model hosting platforms and services, such as AWS SageMaker, Kubeflow, Hugging Face, KServe.
• Ability to lead a project with multiple engineers, handle scoping, design, excution and maintenance.
  
  

Why Cisco

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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. Simply put – we power the future.

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.