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Distinguished Software Engineer (Hybrid)

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20 hours ago
San Jose, CA, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$294k - $407k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Provide recognized technical leadership in AI, machine learning, and security systems.
  • Shape architecture, product portfolio strategy, and long-term technology roadmaps for scalable enterprise solutions.
  • Originate, implement, complete, and document major AI and security technology programs.
  • Own cross-organizational technical domains and partner with product, research, engineering, and external stakeholders.
  • Translate technical innovations into scalable products addressing enterprise security challenges.
  • Mentor junior researchers, engineers, and technical team members.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree with 17+ years of related experience, master’s degree with 14+ years, or Ph.D. with 10+ years in Computer Science, AI, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field.
  • In-depth knowledge and a demonstrable track record in AI and security technologies, machine learning architectures, and modern security landscapes.
  • Experience leading impactful AI and security product development and deployments at enterprise scale.
  • Exceptional communication skills for explaining technical concepts, research insights, and architectural visions to technical and non-technical executive audiences.
  • Recognition as an internal or external industry expert through patents, publications, awards, or significant contributions to the AI and security community.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement with onsite and remote work coordinated with the team and manager.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) with Cisco matching contribution, parental leave, disability coverage, and basic life insurance for eligible U.S. employees.
  • Potential Cisco restricted stock unit grants and annual bonuses for non-sales roles.
  • Paid holidays, floating holiday, birthday leave, year-end shutdown, wellness days, vacation or flexible vacation time, sick time, family emergency leave, and optional volunteer days.

Tech Stack

Splunk

Categories

AI ResearchML Engineering
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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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