Software Engineering Technical Leader

Cisco

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Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Boulder, CO
Salary
$177,600–$257,400 / yr
Posted
25 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

Market check

Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $202k
This role $218k
$137k most similar roles pay here $270k

This role pays more than 68% of similar roles. Most pay $177,700–$227,300 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $218k versus about $202k 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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TL;DR · Software Engineering Technical Leader

Software Engineering Technical Leader joins the Developer Platforms team to support internal tools, frameworks, and infrastructure automation for engineers. Working within the AI Platform team, this role focuses on building an internal platform that enables engineers to create, deploy, and operate AI agents safely and effectively. The successful candidate will design and operate platform capabilities, develop services and tooling for reliable AI-powered workflows, and build high-impact automation systems to reduce engineering toil. Key responsibilities include establishing best practices for testing, deploying, and operating AI agents while improving system reliability and observability. Required expertise includes backend services, distributed systems, APIs, infrastructure platforms, and developer tooling. Specific experience is required in AI-enabled systems, LLM-based applications, prompt workflows, and machine-learning platform concepts to solve complex problems regarding software delivery velocity and internal engineering productivity.

What you'll do

  • Design, build, and operate internal platform capabilities to enable engineers to create and run AI agents at scale.
  • Develop services, frameworks, and tooling to support reliable, secure, and maintainable AI-powered workflows.
  • Build high-impact AI agents and automation systems to reduce engineering toil and improve developer productivity.
  • Partner with internal teams to identify use cases and deliver platform capabilities that solve real developer problems.
  • Contribute to the architecture and implementation of AI platform services integrated with internal systems and infrastructure.
  • Establish patterns and best practices for building, testing, deploying, and operating AI agents within the organization.
  • Improve platform reliability, observability, security, and usability through proactive design and operational ownership.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience designing, building, and operating production-grade systems.
  • 7+ years of experience with backend services, distributed systems, APIs, infrastructure platforms, or developer tooling.
  • 3+ years of experience in AI-enabled systems, LLM-based applications, prompt workflows, or machine-learning platform concepts.
  • 5+ years of experience with modern software development practices including testing, CI/CD, observability, and security.
  • Ability to translate ambiguous problems into practical technical solutions while collaborating across teams.
  • Experience building platforms, frameworks, or tools used by other engineers is highly desirable.

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