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Software Engineer Data & AI PhD (Intern) - United States

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6 days ago
Remote, United States or San Jose, CA, USAIntern
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Base Salary

$44k - $185k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop scalable data pipelines and robust analytics platforms.
  • Build and maintain infrastructure supporting machine learning initiatives and workloads.
  • Develop software tools and platforms that enable data-driven insights and intelligent automation.
  • Work with distributed data systems and contribute to reliable, scalable data infrastructure.
  • Collaborate with teams across business groups including S&TO, Supply Chain, and Engineering.

Requirements

  • Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related field, with expected continued enrollment after the internship.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in Python and fundamental data structures.
  • Hands-on experience with machine learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or scikit-learn.
  • Familiarity with distributed data processing technologies including Apache Spark, Hadoop MapReduce, or Apache Flink.
  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for deploying data and machine learning workloads.
  • Preferred: hands-on AI/ML experience and familiarity with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
  • Preferred: understanding of distributed systems concepts including scalability, reliability, fault tolerance, data consistency, load balancing, consensus algorithms, and inter-service communication.

Benefits

  • Potential remote work in the United States, subject to business needs and hiring manager approval.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contributions, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and basic life insurance, subject to plan eligibility.
  • Employees may be eligible for Cisco restricted stock unit grants.
  • Paid holidays, floating holiday, birthday leave, year-end shutdown, personal wellness days, vacation, sick time, and family emergency leave, subject to applicable policies.
  • Optional paid volunteer time and eligibility for annual bonuses for non-sales roles.

Tech Stack

Apache FlinkApache HadoopApache SparkAWSAzureDockerGoogle CloudKubernetesPythonPyTorchscikit-learnTensorFlow

Categories

Data EngineeringML 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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