Software Engineer - AI​/ML

Responsibilities

• Design and implement agentic AI systems using frameworks such as Lang Graph, Deep Agents, Claude, Open Code, or custom orchestration layers.
• Build, evaluate, and deploy LLM-powered applications including agentic RAG pipelines, multi‑agent workflows, and tool‑using assistants.
• Integrate AI agents with internal and external systems via APIs and MCP servers, embedding security throughout the AI development lifecycle.
• Develop evaluation harnesses and red‑team test suites to monitor model behavior and robustness.
• Fine‑tune open‑weight models and collaborate with embedded engineering teams to deploy models effectively, ensuring secure and reliable AI systems.

• 3+ years of experience in Software Engineering in an enterprise environment using Python, JavaScript, Type Script, or Go.
• Hands‑on experience building agentic AI systems involving tool use, planning loops, multi‑step reasoning, agent memory, and state management.
• Working experience with LLM orchestration frameworks and creating agentic harnesses and agent skills.
• Familiarity with model training, evaluation, and troubleshooting to improve accuracy and reliability.
• Ability to develop reusable code aimed at automation and collaborate with engineering teams for deployment.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant field.
• Background in cybersecurity, application security, or offensive security.
• Familiarity with MCP (Model Context Protocol), A2A protocols, or other emerging agent interoperability standards.
• Experience with fine‑tuning techniques such as LoRA, QLoRA, DPO, RLHF, and model evaluation frameworks like lm-evaluation-harness or HELM.
• Experience with secure multi‑tenant AI infrastructure, guardrail systems, or AI gateways.
• Strong understanding of security best practices embedded throughout the AI development lifecycle.

Starting salary range: $ – $ (U.S. and/or Canada), not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits.

Benefits include:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Short‑term and long‑term disability coverage
• Basic life insurance
• Grants of Cisco restricted stock units vesting over time
• Paid holidays (10 holidays + 1 floating holiday per year)
• Paid birthday day off and year‑end shutdown
• Paid vacation (16 days for non‑exempt employees, flexible for exempt)
• Sick time (80 hours provided at hire, 80 hours per year thereafter)
• Optional volunteer time (10 paid days per year)

Cisco is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion.