Cisco

Software Engineer

Cisco
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Base Salary

$168k - $245k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Partner with enterprise customers to understand technical requirements and business goals.
  • Design scalable AI solution architectures and guide customers through production deployments.
  • Build integrations, prototypes, and reusable tools that accelerate customer success.
  • Lead technical workshops and architecture discussions while troubleshooting complex production issues.
  • Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to communicate customer feedback and influence product enhancements.
  • Create documentation, reusable best practices, and technical assets for future deployments.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field with 6+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Production-grade software engineering experience using Python and/or Java.
  • Experience with APIs, distributed systems, cloud platforms, or backend development.
  • Experience with AI tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor.
  • Ability to troubleshoot and solve problems across multiple layers of the technology stack.
  • Preferred experience deploying or supporting Generative AI, LLM, or Machine Learning applications in production.
  • Preferred experience with Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, observability, or MLOps.
  • Preferred experience building customer-facing technical solutions, integrations, reusable developer tools, frameworks, or open-source contributions.
  • Consulting, Solutions Engineering, or Technical Customer Success experience in enterprise environments is preferred.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to work directly with enterprise customers.
  • Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance if required.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contributions, paid parental leave, short- and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
  • Employees may be eligible for Cisco restricted stock unit grants and annual bonuses for non-sales roles.
  • Paid holidays, floating holidays, birthday leave, year-end shutdown, personal wellness days, vacation or flexible time off, sick time, family emergency leave, and optional volunteer days.
  • The application window is expected to close on December 30, 2026.

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About Cisco

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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