Applied AI Scientist

Cisco

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TL;DR · Applied AI Scientist

The Applied AI Scientist joins the Foundational Modeling team to advance AI for high-volume, real-time, multi-modal machine-generated data, including logs, time series, traces, and events. You will research, design, and develop large-scale foundation models, with a primary focus on graph data. Daily responsibilities include developing distributed training and inference workflows, collaborating with engineering and product teams to deliver AI/ML solutions, and exploring new methodologies to improve model quality and scalability. Required skills include a Master Degree in Computer Science, Python, and deep learning frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow. You should possess experience in graph representation learning, Graph Neural Networks, and large language modeling. This role solves technical challenges in networking, security, and observability by providing predictive insights and enhancing reliability across enterprise-scale platforms.

What you'll do

  • Research, design, and develop large-scale foundation models for machine-generated data like logs and time series.
  • Develop and enhance distributed training and inference workflows to improve model quality and scalability.
  • Translate research ideas into production systems to address specific business and technical needs.
  • Evaluate new AI/ML techniques and tools to solve technical challenges and support the team roadmap.
  • Take ownership of assigned projects and proactively resolve technical obstacles to deliver high-quality results.
  • Optimize model architectures and distributed training pipelines to minimize cost and latency.
  • Implement MLOps practices including automated retraining, drift detection, and production monitoring.

What we're looking for

  • Master Degree in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
  • 2+ years of industry research experience.
  • 1+ year of experience in large-scale graph representation learning, GNNs, large language modeling, or multi-modal fusion.
  • 2+ years of experience in Python and deep learning frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow.
  • 1+ year of experience translating research ideas into production systems.
  • Deep experience with graph transformers, spatio-temporal GNNs, and knowledge-graph-augmented modeling (preferred).
  • Expertise in constructing and operating on large-scale graphs such as entity or service dependency graphs (preferred).
  • Hands-on experience with frameworks like PyTorch Geometric, DGL, or GraphML systems (preferred).

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