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About Cisco
Cisco Systems is the world''s leading networking technology company, designing and manufacturing networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and cybersecurity solutions for businesses and governments. Industry: Networking Technology & Cybersecurity
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Listed pay typically runs
$167,700–$245,200
across 180 roles with salary data.
AI Research Scientist III joins the Foundation AI team to conduct research, development, and deployment of advanced AI systems. The role focuses on large language models, agentic AI, multimodal learning, and enterprise-scale applications. You will design experiments, develop new methods, and build production-ready systems by creating scalable data curation and processing techniques. Key responsibilities include optimizing training algorithms, designing infrastructure for purpose-built models, and publishing research in top-tier machine learning conferences or contributing to open-source projects. The position requires expertise in Python, PyTorch, and common AI/ML libraries, alongside experience with model fine-tuning, evaluation, and inference optimization. Preferred skills include using vLLM, NVIDIA Triton, or TorchServe, along with familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, MLOps pipelines, and cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure to solve complex problems in security-focused use cases and robust machine learning.
Multimodal Foundation Models
Computer Vision
Generative AI
Deep Learning
Medical Imaging
Knowledge Distillation
Few-shot Learning
Zero-shot Learning
Self-supervised Learning
Transfer Learning
Machine Learning