Hybrid Senior AI Research – Agentic Engineer

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About the role

  • AI Research Engineer developing sophisticated workflows leveraging LLM models at Cisco. Collaborating with teams to ensure security and scalability of AI solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop sophisticated agentic workflows leveraging state-of-the-art LLM models and emerging frameworks to automate complex reasoning tasks.
  • Rapidly prototype new AI features, transforming research concepts into functional demos using AI-native tools such as Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code.
  • Evaluate and integrate the latest advancements in AI—including Autonomous and Deep Agents—to ensure our platform remains an industry leader.
  • Collaborate across teams to validate research prototypes, ensuring alignment with Cisco’s security and scalability standards.
  • Accelerate AI adoption across the enterprise by creating reusable agentic patterns and tools that empower teams globally.

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field and 4+ years of software engineering experience, OR bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of relevant experience.
  • Proven experience designing and building scalable, cloud-based systems (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • Senior-level Python development skills and deep experience with orchestration frameworks such as LangChain or LangGraph.
  • Hands-on experience integrating and deploying Large Language Models (LLMs) from providers such as OpenAI or Gemini.
  • Demonstrated experience building and testing autonomous systems or multi-step agentic workflows
  • Strong background in prompt engineering and the ability to translate research-level AI concepts into functional, production-quality code.

Benefits

  • 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
  • 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 determined by Cisco
  • 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year (non-exempt employees)
  • flexible vacation time off program (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 from one calendar year to the next
  • optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

Job title

Senior AI Research – Agentic Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$177,600 - $236,800 per year

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

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