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Director, AI Engineering

CISCO Systems

San Jose, California

Job description

Overview

In this role you will define and execute the technical strategy for AI-enabled customer experience solutions within Cisco CX. You will lead cross-functional engineering teams from concept to production, focusing on autonomous agents, context engineering, and multi-agent orchestration. You will build a scalable platform for agentic AI and ensure production-grade delivery with responsible AI practices. This is a high-impact opportunity to shape AI-driven adoption and renewals for enterprise customers. You will work closely with product and business partners to translate strategy into deployable AI applications.

Compensation / Benefits
  • Medical, dental and vision insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Paid parental leave
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Annual bonus programs
  • Restricted stock units (RSUs)
Responsibilities
  • Spearhead end-to-end development of agentic AI solutions for CX adoption and renewals
  • Architect and build core platform to host Agentic solutions
  • Mentor and manage cross-functional teams of software, ML, and data engineers
  • Evaluate and standardize tools, frameworks, and foundation model infrastructure
  • Collaborate with product management and stakeholders to translate requirements into production AI applications
  • Establish best practices for responsible AI, context engineering, and observable agent deployment
Key requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in CS, Math, Statistics, or related field; 15+ years of software engineering experience (or Master's with 12+ years)
  • 5+ years of engineering management experience leading software and ML teams
  • Proficiency in Python, Java, C++, or other OO languages
  • Experience building and scaling data-driven AI/ML systems, AI-native apps, and AI agents (agent harnesses, production-grade architectures)
  • Experience deploying systems with LLMs, NLP, Generative AI, or Agentic AI architectures
  • Strong communication skills
  • Cross-functional leadership
  • Executive-level engagement with stakeholders
  • Python
  • Java
  • C++

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