Machine Learning Engineer

Cisco

Machine Learning Engineer building troubleshooting agents to analyze network failures for Cisco AI Research. Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to enhance network AI capabilities.

Posted 7/1/2026full-timeSan Jose • California, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $165,300 - $209,200 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonRaySpark

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

build dynamic troubleshooting agents that understand networks
solve unstructured production log data complexities
optimize hardware utilization for data collection
automate synthetic datasets creation
architect data infrastructure for real-time network failures analysis
design and scale automated pipelines transforming raw production logs into insights
develop systems generating synthetic data for edge cases learning
tackle unique network complexity problems
optimize data collection and hardware utilization

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in STEM and 5 + years of relevant experience
Master's degree in STEM and 3 + years of relevant experience
PhD in STEM +0 years of relevant experience or equivalent related work experience
5 + years of experience in data engineering, machine learning engineering, or related roles
Data Pipeline experience, designing and scaling data pipelines for unstructured or semi-structured data, including ingestion, cleansing, and auditing
ML Infrastructure experience working with ML data workflows, including dataset creation, labeling, and evaluation
Experience with Python and data processing frameworks (e.g., Spark, Beam, Ray)
Experience with ML systems and tools, such as training pipelines and model evaluation frameworks
Experience with human-in-the-loop ML systems, active learning, weak supervision or self-evolving agents (preferred)
Exposure large language models, computer vision, or speech datasets (preferred)
Experience building internal tools or platforms used by annotation or operations teams (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental and vision insurance
a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
paid parental leave
short and long-term disability coverage
basic life insurance
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year
up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
eligibility to earn annual bonuses
grants of Cisco restricted stock units

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Hard Skills & Tools

Data EngineeringMachine Learning EngineeringData PipelineData ProcessingSynthetic Data CreationReal-Time AnalysisNetwork TroubleshootingData CleansingModel EvaluationActive Learning