Cisco

QA Software Engineer NC Hybrid

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2 days ago
Durham, NC, USASenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$129k - $185k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain automated regression and end-to-end test suites for the Circuit platform.
  • Design REST and GraphQL API tests covering functional correctness, contract validation, error handling, and performance.
  • Plan and execute load, stress, and soak testing while measuring response-time percentiles, throughput, error rates, TTFT, and inter-token latency.
  • Validate AI/LLM features, model-serving endpoints, response quality, behavioral consistency, and end-to-end agent workflows.
  • Use AI-assisted coding tools to generate and maintain tests, reviewing generated code for stability, correctness, and security compliance.
  • Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and create dashboards and reports for quality metrics, risks, and defect trends.
  • Define automation standards, mentor peers, and collaborate with engineering, product, and UX teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years, master’s degree with 3+ years, or PhD with 1+ year of related experience in Computer Science, AI/ML, or a related technical field.
  • Experience developing test automation and regression frameworks with a strong understanding of functional quality assurance.
  • Experience with Playwright and TypeScript/JavaScript and/or Python with Pytest or Robot Framework, plus familiarity with Selenium.
  • Experience with REST API testing and familiarity with API contract testing; GraphQL testing is a plus.
  • Knowledge of software development lifecycles, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing best practices.
  • Experience with AI-assisted coding tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or Claude Code.
  • Preferred experience includes testing AI/ML-powered applications, LLM features, chatbots, agent workflows, performance testing, AI Ops/MLOps, custom LLM development, observability tools, Docker, Kubernetes, GCP, technical project leadership, mentoring, and productizing agentic applications.
  • Strong communication, collaboration, critical-thinking, and cross-functional stakeholder-influence skills.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution.
  • Paid parental leave, short- and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
  • Potential Cisco restricted stock unit grants and annual bonuses for non-sales roles.
  • Paid holidays, floating holiday, birthday day off, year-end shutdown, wellness days, vacation or flexible time off, sick time, family emergency leave, and optional volunteer days.

Tech Stack

Apache JMeterDockerGitGitHub ActionsGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaGraphQLJavaScriptJenkinsKubernetesPrometheuspytestPythonRobot FrameworkSeleniumSplunkTypeScript

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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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