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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
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The Machine Learning Engineering Technical Leader - CX AI joins the CX AI Foundations team to architect and deliver enterprise-scale AI services. As a senior hands-on technical leader, you will own complex challenges including model selection, fine-tuning, inference optimization, and agentic infrastructure. You will build foundational layers for intelligent customer experiences across cloud, on-premises, and air-gapped environments. Key responsibilities involve establishing scientific rigor for regression gating, judge calibration, and drift detection while mentoring senior engineers. Required skills include Python and frameworks like PyTorch or JAX. You must demonstrate expertise in vLLM, TensorRT-LLM, Triton, SGLang, and llama.cpp, alongside experience with PEFT/LoRA, RAG architectures, and MLOps practices. This role bridges research and production engineering to solve problems in model serving, evaluation systems, and multi-tenant API contracts.
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