Technical Leader, Software Engineering, Agentic AI Platform (Identity & Security)

Cisco

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Jose, CASan Francisco, CA
Salary
$256,900–$333,400 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
6 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Nov 27, 2026

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TL;DR · Technical Leader, Software Engineering, Agentic AI Platform (Identity & Security)

JOB TITLE: Technical Leader, Software Engineering – Agentic AI Platform (Identity & Security) As a Senior Technical Lead within the AI Software & Platform Team, you will oversee the architectural direction and technical execution of a distributed AI platform. You will author end-to-end technical specifications, decompose complex designs into executable work streams, and harden service-to-service communication using cryptographic identity signing and zero-trust verification. Your daily work involves leading CVE remediation, production triage, and mentoring senior engineers to ensure system stability. You will utilize Go and Python to build microservices, leveraging technologies such as Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, gRPC, and OAuth 2.0. The role focuses on solving identity and multi-tenancy challenges within an agentic AI orchestration framework, specifically managing high-throughput API gateways and LLM orchestration runtimes like ReAct to integrate intelligent capabilities into enterprise workflows.

What you'll do

  • Own the architectural direction and cross-service technical execution for the distributed AI platform.
  • Author end-to-end technical specifications to decompose complex system designs into executable work streams.
  • Deploy cryptographic identity signing and zero-trust verification to harden service-to-service communication.
  • Lead structured CVE remediation and production triage to maintain system stability and security.
  • Establish high engineering standards and mentor senior engineers to drive platform technical maturity.
  • Design and operate high-concurrency, distributed backend microservices using Go and Python.
  • Integrate LLM orchestration frameworks, agentic runtimes, and tool-calling interfaces into the platform.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical discipline plus 12+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Master’s degree with 10+ years of software engineering experience or PhD with 7+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Minimum of 8 years experience designing, building, and operating high-concurrency, distributed backend microservices in production using Go and Python.
  • Minimum of 4 years experience designing and implementing enterprise authentication and authorization systems like OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, and mTLS.
  • Experience leveraging code generation tools and agents for software development.
  • Demonstrated experience building or integrating LLM orchestration frameworks, agentic runtimes, tool-calling interfaces, or Model Context Protocol servers.
  • Hands-on experience deploying and operating services on Kubernetes with automated secret management and distributed tracing.
  • Experience with API gateways, gRPC/protobuf, distributed workflow engines, real-time event streaming, or vector databases (preferred).

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