Senior Software Engineer

Cisco

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Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$167,700–$245,200 / yr
Posted
8 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Sep 25, 2026

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $169k
This role $206k
$105k most similar roles pay here $260k

This role pays more than 80% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$187,587 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $206k versus about $169k 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.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will join an agile team to design and build systems that integrate security-relevant data, detection signals, and foundation models to predict and identify threats. You will develop AIDevOps pipelines for rapid experimentation with knowledge bases and model context while building a distributed platform capable of correlating trillions of events into explainable findings for triage resolution agents. The role involves prototyping AI features like anomaly prediction and decoding system environments in collaboration with security experts. Key technical requirements include proficiency in Python or Go, experience with distributed systems, data platforms, and vector databases such as FAISS or Pinecone. You will also utilize CI/CD pipelines and Git tools while implementing RAG or GraphRAG search techniques to solve complex cybersecurity challenges within an AI-native security operations infrastructure.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and build systems that combine security data and foundation models to predict and identify threats.
  • Prototype and test new AI features for decoding events and predicting anomalies with security researchers.
  • Develop an AIDevOps pipeline to facilitate rapid experimentation with data, knowledge bases, and model iterations.
  • Architect a distributed platform capable of correlating trillions of signals into explainable findings for triage agents.
  • Co-design AI-enhanced threat detection workflows that are scalable and intuitive for security analysts.
  • Build and maintain pipelines for ingesting, parsing, and normalizing large-scale security telemetry.
  • Implement RAG/GraphRAG search pipelines using vector databases to enhance information retrieval.
  • Optimize training workloads and evaluate model outputs for accuracy, performance, and cost efficiency.

What we're looking for

  • A Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of related experience or a Master's degree with 4+ years of related experience is required.
  • Experience in distributed systems design and implementation, specifically focusing on storage systems and access layers.
  • Proficiency in building scalable backend services, APIs, and automation workflows using Python or Go.
  • Experience with data platforms, including data lakes, warehouses, or streaming platforms.
  • Experience with DevOps/SecOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, version control, and automated testing frameworks.
  • Experience designing agent systems that perform coding tasks for users.
  • Experience building and maintaining pipelines for ingesting and normalizing large-scale security telemetry.
  • Hands-on experience developing RAG/GraphRAG pipelines and working with vector databases like FAISS, Pinecone, or Weaviate.

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