Senior Staff Software Engineer, AI/Security Platform

Cisco

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
San Jose, CA
Salary
$214,100–$309,800 / yr
Posted
8 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago
Closes
Sep 25, 2026

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $190k
This role $262k
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This role pays more than 92% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$228,950 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $262k versus about $190k for comparable roles.

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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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TL;DR · Senior Staff Software Engineer, AI/Security Platform

Senior Staff Software Engineer - AI/Security Platform joins an agile team focused on building advanced cyber defense systems to outpace hackers through AI innovation. This role involves designing and building distributed platforms that correlate trillions of events into explainable findings for triage resolution agents within an Agentic SOC. The engineer will prototype new AI features, develop AIDevOps pipelines for rapid experimentation with data, and collaborate with security experts to create intuitive detection workflows. Key technical requirements include senior-level Python development, experience with distributed systems, and proficiency in CI/CD pipelines and version control. Specific expertise is required in security telemetry, data engineering, RAG and GraphRAG implementations using tools like FAISS or Pinecone, and optimizing training workloads for large language models or GNNs to solve complex problems in automated threat detection and response.

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What you'll do

  • Build systems that combine security data, detection signals, and foundation models to predict and identify threats.
  • Prototype and test new AI features for decoding events, system environments, and predicting anomalies.
  • Develop an AIDevOps pipeline to facilitate rapid experimentation with data, knowledge bases, and model iterations.
  • Architect a distributed platform to correlate trillions of events into explainable findings for triage resolution agents.
  • Design AI-enhanced threat detection and prediction workflows that are scalable and useful for security analysts.
  • Build and maintain pipelines for ingesting, parsing, and normalizing large-scale security telemetry.
  • Develop Python-based backend services, APIs, and automation workflows to support security operations.
  • Implement RAG and GraphRAG search pipelines using vector databases and custom embeddings for cybersecurity tasks.

What we're looking for

  • Must have a Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of related experience or a Master's degree with 8+ years of related experience.
  • Experience in security operations including attack surface management, threat analytics, detection, triage, investigation, and response.
  • Proficiency in working with common security data sources like endpoint logs, network traffic, and cloud audit trails.
  • Experience implementing data platforms, data lakes, and warehouses for large-scale security telemetry.
  • Expertise in distributed systems design and implementation with a focus on storage systems and access layers.
  • Senior-level Python development skills to build scalable backend services, APIs, and automation workflows.
  • Proficiency in DevOps/SecOps practices including CI/CD pipelines, version control, and automated testing frameworks.
  • Experience designing agent systems for coding tasks and implementing RAG or GraphRAG search pipelines.

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