16 hours ago
Base Salary
$168k - $245k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and test software for networking platforms and distributed systems.
- Build AI-powered systems and applications that can reason about, troubleshoot, and resolve complex infrastructure challenges.
- Collaborate with system architects and engineering teams to design scalable solutions meeting product requirements.
- Contribute to complex software projects using modern development practices, open-source technologies, and an automation-first approach.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize distributed systems for improved performance and reliability.
- Support production environments and resolve operational challenges with geographically distributed engineering teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with 7 years of related experience, Master's degree with 4 years, PhD with 1 year, or equivalent related work experience.
- Programming experience in C/C++ and Python.
- Experience with AI-driven workflows and agentic frameworks.
- Understanding of foundational AI concepts and machine learning algorithms.
- Experience with Linux systems, networking fundamentals, operating system concepts, and container-based applications.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Codex, Claude Code, or Devin.
- Preferred: experience developing distributed systems or large-scale software platforms.
- Preferred: certifications in AI/ML and agentic workflows or equivalent.
- Preferred: understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, BGP, routing protocols, and switching.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills in a fast-paced engineering environment.
Benefits
- Starting base salary range is $167,700.00 to $245,200.00, with location-specific ranges also provided for New York City Metro, non-metro New York, and Washington state; incentive compensation, equity, and benefits are excluded.
- Benefits may include medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, paid parental leave, disability coverage, basic life insurance, and Cisco restricted stock units.
- Paid time away includes holidays, personal wellness days, birthday leave, year-end shutdown, vacation or flexible vacation, sick time, family emergency leave, and optional volunteer days, subject to eligibility and policy.
- Non-sales employees may be eligible for annual bonuses.
- The application window is expected to close on 12/30/2026.
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About Cisco
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.