AI-Powered Enterprise Apps Architect

Cisco Systems, Inc.; North Carolina; On-site; USD 178,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a senior technical leader to shape the vision and execution of next-generation intelligent enterprise applications in the CX space.

You will design and implement contracts-first, spec-driven architectures that connect business logic, UI, and backend systems to reasoning models via modern APIs and MCP, driving scalable, AI-powered solutions for enterprise customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 12+ years of experience in back-end software architecture and core software development using Python, Node, Go, or Java.
• Experience shipping complex enterprise or SaaS applications.
• Production experience with LLM-backed applications and agent orchestration.
• Experience with a contract-first API design and schema modeling (OpenAPI, TypeSpec, GraphQL, gRPC).

Responsibilities

• Design and lead hands-on implementation of next-generation intelligent enterprise applications.
• Architect the embedding of autonomous and semi-autonomous agentic capabilities into business workflows.
• Connect application business logic, user interfaces, and backend systems to reasoning models via MCP and APIs.

Skills

Enterprise/SaaS applications

LLM-backed applications

Contract-first API design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field

12+ years of experience in back-end software architecture and core software development using Python, Node, Go, or Java

Tools

OpenAPI

TypeSpec

GraphQL

gRPC

LangGraph

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a senior technical leader to shape the vision and execution of next-generation intelligent enterprise applications in the CX space.

You will design and implement contracts-first, spec-driven architectures that connect business logic, UI, and backend systems to reasoning models via modern APIs and MCP, driving scalable, AI-powered solutions for enterprise customers.