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Software Microservices Platform Engineering Lead/ AI & Agentic AI Architect (Hybrid)

Cisco$214K — $309K *
Enterprise Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 11+ years or Master's with 7+ years or PhD with 3+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent work experience.
  • 8+ years in software engineering delivering production-quality applications in Python, Java, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
  • 5+ years designing and operating microservice applications on public cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • 3+ years managing containerized workloads in Kubernetes in production environments.
  • 2+ years building applications using generative AI or large language models, particularly with retrieval augmented generation techniques.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and build AI solutions, including tool integration and autonomous workflows, ensuring product reliability.
  • Design and operate secure microservices on AWS and Kubernetes with a focus on data protection.
  • Establish architectural standards and engineering practices for broader team adoption.
  • Lead design and code reviews, mentoring engineers to enhance technical judgment across the organization.
  • Ensure agentic systems are production-ready with clear reliability metrics and quality guardrails.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with flexible in-office schedule in San Jose, CA.
  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI and microservices technology.
  • Mentorship and leadership opportunities within a collaborative environment.
  • Potential for significant contribution to scalable AI solutions.
Full Job Description
The application window is expected to close on: 11/26/2026
This role involves a hybrid work model, with a flexible in-office schedule that requires commuting to the San Jose, CA office.

Your Impact
  • Architect and build AI and agentic AI solutions, including agent orchestration, tool integration, retrieval augmented generation, and autonomous workflows, so that emerging capability reaches customers as dependable product rather than experiment.
  • Design and operate secure microservice applications on AWS and Kubernetes, applying a security-first approach across application, API, container, identity, and data layers to protect enterprise data as system autonomy increases.
  • Establish architectural patterns and engineering practices that other teams adopt, raising the quality and speed of AI delivery well beyond this group.
  • Lead design and code reviews and mentor engineers, so that sound technical judgment scales further than any one person can reach.
  • Success in this role looks like agentic systems running in production with clear guardrails, measurable reliability, and engineers across the organization building on the patterns you set.

Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelors and 11+ years of related experience, or Masters and 7+ years of related experience, or PhD and 3+ of related experience, or equivalent related work experience.
  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience delivering production-quality applications using one or more of the following languages: Python, Java, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
  • 5+ years of experience designing, deploying, and operating microservice-based applications on a public cloud platform such as AWS, GCP and Azure.
  • 3+ years of experience running containerized workloads in Kubernetes in a production environment.
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience building applications with generative AI or large language models, including at least one production system using retrieval augmented generation (RAG), embeddings, or tool and function calling.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
  • Experience building enterprise-scale agentic AI platforms, including agent orchestration and multi-agent workflows.
  • Hands-on experience with agent frameworks and protocols such as LangGraph, LangChain, Model Context Protocol, or Semantic Kernel.
  • Experience with AI security, guardrails, policy enforcement, evaluation, and observability for AI systems in production.
  • Ability to mentor engineers and influence architecture decisions across organizational boundaries without direct authority, evidenced through patents, publications, open-source contributions, or major engineering initiatives.

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Founded
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