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Senior Software Engineer, Hybrid, Milpitas, CA

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Milpitas, CA, USASenior
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Base Salary

$168k - $245k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop autonomous agents and AI-driven workflows integrated with the Webex Control Hub ecosystem.
  • Implement scalable AI solutions using LLMs, vector databases, and agentic frameworks.
  • Deploy production-ready AI features with attention to latency, cost efficiency, security, and ethical AI practices.
  • Establish standards for model evaluation, prompt engineering, and agentic reliability.
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.
  • Partner with product management and data science teams to translate business needs into AI solutions.
  • Lead or contribute to the lifecycle management of high-availability AI platforms.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree plus 7 years of experience, master’s degree plus 4 years of experience, or PhD plus 1 year of related experience in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Professional software engineering experience focused on AI/ML and agentic systems.
  • Experience deploying AI-powered applications into production environments at scale.
  • Coding experience in Python or Java and experience with AI frameworks and LLM orchestration.
  • Understanding of distributed systems, API design, and cloud-native architectures.
  • Experience leading technical initiatives and mentoring engineering teams.
  • Preferred: experience with LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen, multi-agent orchestration, Spark, Flink, Pinecone, Milvus, fine-tuning, RAG, LLM observability and evaluation tools, AWS, GCP, Azure, and mission-critical high-availability AI platforms.

Benefits

  • Hybrid role in Milpitas, California.
  • Base salary range of $167,700.00 to $245,200.00, with higher listed ranges for certain locations.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) with Cisco matching contribution; paid parental leave; short- and long-term disability coverage; and basic life insurance.
  • Potential eligibility for Cisco restricted stock units and annual bonuses for non-sales roles.
  • Paid holidays, birthday leave, year-end shutdown, personal wellness days, vacation or flexible time off depending on classification, sick time, family emergency leave, and optional paid volunteer days.
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10,000+ employees

Cisco designs and sells networking, security, and collaboration platforms for enterprises, service providers, and governments, spanning routers and switches, Wi‑Fi, firewalls, zero‑trust, observability, and cloud-managed IT (Meraki) plus Webex. Its business model mixes hardware, software subscriptions, and support/consulting services. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Cisco is a public company traded on Nasdaq and serves customers across data centers, campuses, and service provider networks.

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