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Cisco’s AI team consists of AI researchers, and software developers who collaborate to build innovative products and platforms for Cisco. We are motivated by tackling unique challenges that arise when connecting people and devices on a worldwide scale.

You will join a newly formed, dynamic AI team as one of the core members, and have the opportunity to influence the culture and direction of the growing team. Our team includes AI experts and distributed system experts who work together with our partners in products management, and engineers across a wide variety of other Cisco teams.

• Contribute to solutions of straightforward business problems regarding operations, products, services or customers.
• Analyze information, ask questions and checks for understanding using standard procedures within the job family.
• Establish relationships and collaborate effectively with your own team.
• Collaborate with others on projects and work on small-to-medium features from technical design through completion.
• Apply understanding of the software development lifecycle and how various agile engineering practices can be used in own projects (e.g., requirements analysis, design, coding, unit testing, acceptance testing).
• Participate in delivering technical design features with guidance.
• May apply an understanding of how related features in a product solve one or more customer needs.
• Write functional clean code and unit tests with guidance.
• Perform parts of the coding, debugging, testing, and troubleshooting throughout the development process under supervision.
• Assist in code reviews and addresses code review feedback.
• Execute tests for scale, reliability and velocity within your own code.
• Apply depth of knowledge in secure coding principles and reviews others' code for compliance.
• Monitor and triages incident reports and participate in postmortems and potential on-call duties.
• Act as an expert in one component of the codebase.
• Share knowledge from independent learning with the team.
• Estimate time to complete assignments and communicate status, blockers, and delays to the team.
• Identify paths to eliminate blockers and meet deadlines when needed.
• Collaborate with team members to share learnings or assist in problem solving/resolution.

• Bachelors + 2 years of related experience OR Masters + 0 years of related experience.
• Hands‑on experience creating enterprise Generative AI solutions using prompt engineering.
• Hands‑on experience with Python, Go, Type Script, React and API frameworks (Graph
  
  QL, REST).
• Requires basic knowledge of theories, principles and concepts within a technical discipline; exposure to current technologies through coursework or internship.

• Prior experience building developer portals or marketplace.
• Familiarity with AI governance or compliance in enterprise settings.
• The capacity to think critically and tackle complex, innovative problems in the field.
• A willingness to continuously learn and adapt, crucial in the ever‑evolving field of AI.
• Background in leading open‑source or internal developer tooling initiatives.

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

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