Senior Engineering Manager, AI

Cisco

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Seattle, US · Austin, TX · RTP, NC · Houston, TX · Nashville, TN Posted 10 days ago $228,400–$289,200 / year
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At a glance

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TL;DR

As a Senior Engineering Manager, AI at Splunk, you will lead a team of engineers and AI practitioners building advanced code generation systems and developer productivity tools for hybrid cloud environments. Your responsibilities include defining the technical roadmap, guiding execution from research to production, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable AI solutions. You will drive architectural decisions for distributed training, inference, and model-serving systems while establishing best practices for experimentation and continuous improvement. Ideal candidates have deep expertise in machine learning systems, large language models, and production AI platforms, and are skilled at hiring and mentoring technical talent within a culture that values innovation and operational excellence. This role focuses on enhancing reliability, security, and predictive insights across Splunk’s Observability, Security, and Platform products at enterprise scale.

Skills

Python Java Kubernetes Docker CI/CD Terraform AWS Azure Git GitHub Jenkins PostgreSQL MongoDB TensorFlow PyTorch MLflow Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

  • Lead and develop a team of engineers building intelligent code generation systems.
  • Define and execute the technical roadmap for AI initiatives in developer tooling.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to bring AI innovations into production.
  • Drive design and deployment of production-grade AI/ML systems, ensuring reliability.
  • Establish best practices for model evaluation, observability, and continuous improvement.
  • Guide architectural decisions for scalable model-serving and inference systems.

What we're looking for

  • Extensive experience leading engineering teams in AI and machine learning systems.
  • Deep technical expertise in large language models and production AI platforms.
  • Proven ability to define and execute technical roadmaps for AI initiatives.
  • Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams including product and platform leaders.
  • Experience driving the design, development, deployment, and operation of AI/ML systems.
  • Expertise in architectural decisions for distributed training, inference, and scalable model-serving.
  • Ability to hire, mentor, and grow technical talent while fostering an inclusive culture.

Market check

Salary context

This $228,400–$289,200 range sits above 82% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$176,950–$262,400

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$177,537–$246,150

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

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 103 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $165,000–$241,400 across 103 roles with salary data.

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