This role pays more than
87%
of similar roles. Most pay
$174,600–$231,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$282k
versus about
$203k
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
222 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$167,700–$245,200
across 171 roles with salary data.
As a Principal Software Engineer – Application Security & AI Trust Architecture, you will serve as a primary technical authority defining security architecture across software platforms and services. You will bridge the gap between high-level strategy and engineering execution by designing trust boundaries, sandboxing models, and execution guardrails for autonomous application agents and LLM tool-calling workflows. Your daily work involves mitigating AI threat vectors like prompt injection and unauthorized tool invocation while implementing spec-driven security standards using OpenAPI, TypeSpec, gRPC, or Protobuf. You will utilize Python, Go, TypeScript/Node.js, Rust, or Java to build hardened software patterns and integrate security gates into CI/CD pipelines using tools like OPA/Rego or Semgrep. The role focuses on securing the development lifecycle against vulnerabilities unique to agentic workflows and ensuring robust authentication across cloud-native architectures.
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