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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

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15 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaSenior

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 and troubleshoot complex production issues.
  • Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to share 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, or equivalent experience.
  • 7+ years of software engineering experience building production-grade applications, or a master's degree plus 4 years of related experience, or a PhD plus 1 year of related experience.
  • Experience with APIs, distributed systems, cloud platforms, or backend development.
  • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across multiple technology layers.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to work directly with enterprise customers.
  • Comfort working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and interest in AI, Machine Learning, or developer platforms.
  • Preferred qualifications include production experience with Generative AI, LLM, or Machine Learning applications; Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, observability, or MLOps; customer-facing technical solutions or integrations; reusable developer tools, frameworks, or open-source contributions; and enterprise consulting, Solutions Engineering, or Technical Customer Success experience.

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Forward Deployed
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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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