This role pays more than
98%
of similar roles. Most pay
$176,000–$246,962
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$350k
versus about
$211k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
Cisco currently has
196 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$167,700–$245,200
across 196 roles with salary data.
Distinguished Software Engineer, AI Software & Platform joins the AI Software & Platform team to drive the transition toward an AI-native infrastructure. This role serves as a primary technical architect and strategic advisor, defining the long-term vision for agentic systems including multi-agent orchestration, planning loops, and durable execution patterns. The position involves negotiating build-versus-buy trade-offs at the executive level, establishing engineering standards for the organization, and resolving complex "black box" technical challenges. Key responsibilities include managing LLM-based production systems, evaluation infrastructure like LangSmith or Arize Phoenix, and ensuring security against prompt injection. Required expertise includes distributed systems, high-throughput data architectures, AIOps domains such as event correlation and root cause analysis, and inference optimization techniques like speculative decoding. The role addresses the challenge of evolving enterprise networking and security to handle agentic workflows at a worldwide scale.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.