Lead AI-Driven Enterprise Software Architect

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

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a senior backend architect to shape the future of our intelligent enterprise applications.

You will design and lead hands‑on implementation, embedding autonomous capabilities into critical workflows and ensuring contract‑first API design connects business logic, UI, and backend systems. You will act as an architectural anchor for LangGraph-based orchestration and guide cross‑functional teams across product, engineering, and security in an AI‑driven platform at

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, Engineering, or related technical field.
• 12+ years in back-end software architecture and core dev (Python/Node/Go/Java).
• Experience building complex enterprise or SaaS apps.
• Production experience with LLM-backed apps: LangGraph, a state-machine runtime, structured tool calling, and failure handling.
• Contract-first API design and schema modeling (OpenAPI, TypeSpec, GraphQL, gRPC).

Responsibilities

• Design and lead hands-on implementation of next-gen intelligent enterprise apps.
• Embed autonomous capabilities into business workflows and connect UI, logic, and backends.

Skills

Python

Node.js

Go

Java

Back-end architecture

Contract-first API design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

OpenAPI

TypeSpec

GraphQL

gRPC

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a senior backend architect to shape the future of our intelligent enterprise applications.

You will design and lead hands‑on implementation, embedding autonomous capabilities into critical workflows and ensuring contract‑first API design connects business logic, UI, and backend systems. You will act as an architectural anchor for LangGraph-based orchestration and guide cross‑functional teams across product, engineering, and security in an AI‑driven platform at