Staff Software Engineer, AI/Security Platform

Cisco

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$186,900–$267,700 / yr
Posted
8 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago
Closes
Sep 27, 2026

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $203k
This role $227k
$154k most similar roles pay here $280k

This role pays more than 73% of similar roles. Most pay $174,960–$231,150 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $227k versus about $203k for comparable roles.

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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 · Staff Software Engineer, AI/Security Platform

Staff Software Engineer - AI/Security Platform The Staff Software Engineer - AI/Security Platform joins an agile team focused on building advanced cyber defense capabilities. You will design and build systems that integrate security-relevant data, detection signals, and foundation models to predict and identify threats. Your daily responsibilities include prototyping new AI features for decoding events and predicting anomalies, developing AI DevOps pipelines for rapid experimentation with knowledge bases and context memory, and architecting a distributed platform capable of correlating trillions of events into explainable findings for triage resolution agents. You will utilize Python, Git, and CI/CD pipelines to build scalable backend services and automation workflows. Key technical requirements include experience in distributed systems, data platforms, agentic development, RAG, GraphRAG, and model integration using GNNs or GCNs. The role addresses the challenge of outpacing hackers by automating security operations through AI-native infrastructure.

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What you'll do

  • Design and build systems that combine security data and foundation models to predict and detect threats.
  • Prototype and test new AI features for decoding events and predicting anomalies with security researchers.
  • Develop an AI DevOps pipeline to facilitate rapid experimentation with data, knowledge bases, and model iterations.
  • Architect a distributed platform to correlate 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 and GraphRAG search pipelines using vector databases like FAISS or Pinecone.
  • Optimize training workloads for large language models and specialized architectures like GNNs or GCNs.

What we're looking for

  • Must have a Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of related experience or a Master's degree with 6+ years of related experience.
  • Experience in distributed systems design and implementation, specifically focusing on storage systems and access layers.
  • Experience implementing data platforms, including data lakes and warehouses.
  • Proficiency in Python for building scalable backend services, APIs, and automation workflows.
  • Experience with DevOps/SecOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, version control, and automated testing frameworks.
  • Experience designing agentic systems that perform coding tasks.
  • Fluency in security telemetry data sources such as endpoint logs, network traffic, and cloud audit trails.
  • Experience developing RAG or GraphRAG pipelines and integrating large language models into real-world workflows.

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