Technical Lead, AI-Native Software Engineering

Cisco

Confirmed live yesterday High trust
Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Jose, CAAustin, TXRTP, North Carolina
Salary
$171,600–$245,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
3 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Oct 30, 2026

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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

Cisco currently has 267 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Technical Lead, AI-Native Software Engineering

The Technical Lead, AI-Native Software Engineering joins the Security Workflow Engineering team within the Security & Trust Organization. In this role, you will set the technical direction for the team's portfolio, providing deep expertise to resolve complex architectural problems and guide engineers in making sound, optimized technical choices. You will be responsible for reviewing designs and code while collaborating with other technical leaders to drive shared decisions with urgency. The position requires fluency in AI-native software development practices and experience building tools in the security space, such as product or application security and threat intelligence. You will specifically design APIs, tools, or services that AI agents use directly, including MCP servers or function and tool interfaces, to help integrate security into the development workflow.

What you'll do

  • Set the technical direction across the team's full portfolio of work.
  • Solve the hardest technical problems by designing optimized and defensible architectures.
  • Guide software engineers on making sound technical and architectural choices.
  • Collaborate with other technical leaders to resolve cross-cutting problems and drive shared decisions.
  • Review designs and code to maintain technical credibility and ensure high-quality implementation.
  • Resolve technical debt and open decisions with a high sense of urgency.
  • Model and guide AI-native software development practices for the engineering team.

What we're looking for

  • Hold a BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or have demonstrated equivalent experience.
  • Possess extensive, hands-on software engineering experience with a track record of making significant architectural decisions.
  • Demonstrate deep expertise in software engineering design, architecture, implementation, and scaling to propose and defend optimized designs.
  • Have experience guiding or mentoring other engineers on technical and architectural decision-making without formal management responsibility.
  • Maintain fluency in AI-native software development practices.
  • Experience building tools in the security space, such as product/application security, threat intelligence, or compliance (preferred).
  • Experience designing APIs, tools, or services that AI agents use directly, such as MCP servers (preferred).
  • Experience setting up AI-native practices for an AI-native software engineering team (preferred).

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