Senior Software Engineer

Cisco

Senior Software Engineer building AI-native threat detection and prediction platforms at Cisco. Designing distributed systems, AIDevOps pipelines, and Agentic SOC capabilities.

Posted 9/3/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $167,700 - $245,200 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and implementing distributed systems, with a strong focus on security operations and AI-enhanced threat detection. Proficient in Python or Go for building scalable backend services and automation workflows, alongside experience in CI/CD pipelines and data platforms.

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Distributed Systems DesignPython DevelopmentCI/CD Pipeline ImplementationAI-Powered Feature DevelopmentSecurity Operations Concepts

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Hard Skills

Distributed SystemsBackend ServicesAPIsAutomation WorkflowsData PlatformsStorage SystemsThreat DetectionModel EvaluationAgent SystemsSecurity Telemetry

Soft Skills

CollaborationCommunicationProblem-SolvingPartnership

Tools & Technologies

GitHubGitLabJiraFAISSPineconeWeaviateTDIRSIEMAutomated Testing FrameworksRAG/GraphRAG Pipelines

Industry Keywords

Threat AnalyticsAttack Surface ManagementDetectionTriageInvestigationResponseSecurity Operations CenterLarge Language ModelsGNNsGCNs

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber SecurityDistributed SystemsGoPythonSplunk

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and build systems combining security-relevant data, detection signals, context, and foundation models to identify and predict threats
Prototype and test AI features for decoding events and system environments and predicting anomalies and threats
Work with security SMEs and security researchers to validate real-world utility
Develop an AIDevOps pipeline for rapid experimentation with data, knowledge bases, models, and context memory
Define clear, measurable success criteria to evaluate iterations
Architect and build a distributed platform correlating trillions of events and signals into explainable findings and alerts
Build capabilities for triage resolution agents in Cisco/Splunk’s Agentic SOC
Collaborate with product and platform teams to co-design scalable AI-enhanced threat detection and prediction workflows
Contribute to the core architecture powering AI-native security operations and trusted enterprise automation

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's Degree with 7+ years of related experience or Master's with 4+ years of related experience
Experience designing and implementing distributed systems, emphasizing storage systems and storage access layers
Familiarity with data platforms, data lakes and warehouses, or streaming platforms
Fluent Python or Go development experience building scalable backend services, APIs, and automation workflows
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitHub/GitLab, Jira, and automated testing frameworks
Experience designing agent systems that perform coding tasks
Experience partnering with product managers, security SMEs, and engineers
Preferred: experience building and maintaining pipelines for large-scale security telemetry
Preferred: familiarity with TDIR/SIEM architectures, correlation searches, and threat hunting support systems
Preferred: understanding of security operations concepts including attack surface management, threat analytics, detection, triage, investigation, and response
Preferred: former Tier 3 SOC analyst or equivalent experience automating SecOps workflows and building scalable detection infrastructure
Preferred: exposure to event storage systems or custom cybersecurity embeddings
Preferred: hands-on RAG/GraphRAG pipelines and vector databases such as FAISS, Pinecone, or Weaviate
Preferred: experience integrating and optimizing large language models or GNNs, GCNs, and GATs
Preferred: experience shipping AI-powered features or products
Preferred: ability to design model-output evaluation experiments for accuracy, usability, performance, and cost
Preferred: background or interest in AI-assisted analyst workflows focused on usability, trust, and decision support

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental and vision insurance
401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
Paid parental leave
Short- and long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available
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 personal wellness days
16 days of paid vacation per full calendar year for non-exempt employees
Flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit for eligible exempt employees
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward
Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues
Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year
Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies