AI-Native Security Engineering Lead (Hybrid)

Cisco Systems, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 172,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. seeks a Technical Lead for AI-native software engineering (hybrid) to set the technical direction across the team’s portfolio and guide architecture decisions that matter.

You will be the engineering lead on the most challenging problems and stay hands-on when reviewing designs and code. You will mentor engineers, influence architectural choices, and collaborate with other technical leaders to drive fast, secure, scalable solutions that integrate security into the development

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on software engineering experience with architecture decisions that mattered.
• Fluency in AI-native software development practices, able to model and guide judgment.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction across the team’s portfolio and be the go-to expert for architectural decisions.
• Lead on the hardest technical problems with defensible architecture.
• Guide engineers on technical and architectural choices based on prior experience.
• Collaborate with other technical leaders to resolve cross-cutting problems with urgency.
• Stay hands-on by reviewing designs and code where it matters.

Skills

AI-native software

Architectural decisions

Mentoring engineers

Technical leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science/Computer Engineering

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. seeks a Technical Lead for AI-native software engineering (hybrid) to set the technical direction across the team’s portfolio and guide architecture decisions that matter.

You will be the engineering lead on the most challenging problems and stay hands-on when reviewing designs and code. You will mentor engineers, influence architectural choices, and collaborate with other technical leaders to drive fast, secure, scalable solutions that integrate security into the development