AI-Native Software Engineering Lead (Hybrid)

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

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a Technical Lead for AI-Native Software Engineering (hybrid), focusing on security tooling and architecture. You will guide engineers on critical architectural decisions, set strategic direction, and collaborate across teams to resolve complex engineering challenges with urgency.

You will lead by example, review designs and code, and apply AI-native development practices to accelerate secure software delivery.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on software engineering experience with architecture decisions for critical systems.
• Deep expertise in design, architecture, implementation, and scaling of software.
• Experience guiding or mentoring engineers without formal management responsibility.
• Fluency in AI-native software development practices to model and guide team decisions.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction across the team’s portfolio and escalate decisions requiring deep expertise.
• Lead on the hardest technical problems requiring optimized, defensible architecture.
• Guide engineers in sound technical and architectural choices with well-reasoned judgment.
• Collaborate with leaders on cross-team problems to drive shared decisions with urgency.
• Stay hands-on enough to review designs and code where it matters.

Skills

Software engineering

Architecture design

Mentoring engineers

AI-native practices

Education

BS or MS in CS/CE or related field

Job description

Cisco is seeking a Technical Lead for AI-Native Software Engineering (hybrid), focusing on security tooling and architecture. You will guide engineers on critical architectural decisions, set strategic direction, and collaborate across teams to resolve complex engineering challenges with urgency.

You will lead by example, review designs and code, and apply AI-native development practices to accelerate secure software delivery.