Cisco

Software Engineer - AI/ML

Cisco$150K — $195K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Hands-on experience with agentic AI systems, including tool use and planning loops.
  • 3+ years in Software Engineering in an enterprise setting using Python, JavaScript, Typescript, or Go.
  • Working knowledge of LLM orchestration frameworks and agentic harness development.
  • Experience in model training, evaluation, and troubleshooting for accuracy.
  • Ability to create reusable automation-focused code and work with engineering teams on deployments.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement advanced agentic AI systems with frameworks such as LangGraph and DeepAgents.
  • Build, evaluate, and deploy LLM-powered applications and workflows.
  • Integrate AI agents with systems through APIs and MCP servers, ensuring security throughout the development process.
  • Develop evaluation harnesses and red-team test suites to monitor model performance.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams for effective model deployment and fine-tuning.

Benefits

  • Fully remote work option available from anywhere in the U.S.
  • Opportunities for cross-collaboration with embedded engineering teams.
  • Access to cutting-edge AI technologies and frameworks.
  • Potential for professional development in security and AI domains.
Full Job Description
The application window is expected to close on:
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.


  • The application window is expected to close on: July 10, 2026
  • Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
  • This role is remote and can be performed from anywhere in the U.S.


Your Impact

As an AI/ML Engineer, you will design and implement agentic AI systems using frameworks such as LangGraph, DeepAgents, Claude, OpenCode, or custom orchestration layers. You will build, evaluate, and deploy LLM-powered applications including agentic RAG pipelines, multi-agent workflows, and tool-using assistants. Your role includes integrating AI agents with internal and external systems via APIs and MCP servers, embedding security throughout the AI development lifecycle, and developing evaluation harnesses and red-team test suites to monitor model behavior and robustness. You will fine-tune open-weight models and collaborate with embedded engineering teams to deploy models effectively. Your work will ensure AI systems are not only capable but also secure and reliable.

Minimum Qualifications
  • Hands-on experience building agentic AI systems involving tool use, planning loops, multi-step reasoning, agent memory, and state management.
  • 3+ years of experience in Software Engineering in an enterprise environment with technologies like Python, JavaScript, Typescript, or Go
  • Working experience of LLM orchestration frameworks and creating agentic harnesses and agent skills.
  • Familiarity with model training, evaluation, and troubleshooting to improve accuracy and reliability.
  • Ability to develop reusable code aimed at automation and collaborate with engineering teams for deployment.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field.
  • Background in cybersecurity, application security, or offensive security.
  • Familiarity with MCP (Model Context Protocol), A2A protocols, or other emerging agent interoperability standards.
  • Experience with fine-tuning techniques such as LoRA, QLoRA, DPO, RLHF, and model evaluation frameworks like lm-evaluation-harness or HELM.
  • Experience with secure multi-tenant AI infrastructure, guardrail systems, or AI gateways.
  • Strong understanding of security best practices embedded throughout the AI development lifecycle.

About Cisco

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