Enterprise AI Deployment Engineer — Forward Deployed

020 Cisco Systems, Inc.

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 168,000 - 245,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Cisco's Forward Deployed Engineer role focuses on delivering scalable AI resilience solutions for large enterprises. You will partner with customers, design production-ready AI architectures, and build reusable tools to accelerate deployment.

Collaboration with Product and Engineering teams ensures feedback drives platform improvements. Ideal candidates have a strong software engineering background, experience with AI tools, and a proven track record in delivering production systems in complex

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field with 6+ years of experience.
Production‑grade software engineering experience.
Experience with APIs, distributed systems, cloud platforms, or backend development.
Experience with AI tools such as Claude Code, Codex.
Proficiency in Python or Java.
Strong troubleshooting across multiple technology layers.

Responsibilities

Partner with enterprise customers to understand technical requirements and business goals.
Design scalable AI solution architectures and guide customers through production deployments.
Build integrations, prototypes, and reusable tools that accelerate customer success.
Lead technical workshops, architecture discussions, and troubleshoot complex production issues.
Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to share customer feedback and influence future product enhancements.
Create documentation, reusable best practices, and technical assets that benefit future deployments.