Lead Technical Architect: Intelligent Enterprise Apps

Cisco; Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 178,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Restricted stock units (RSUs)

Paid holidays and vacation benefits

Job summary

Cisco is redefining CX delivery by building intelligent, scalable platforms. You will lead and design next-generation enterprise applications, embedding autonomous capabilities into critical workflows, and aligning business logic with modern APIs.

This role shapes the vision and implementation as a technical leader on a global AI-driven team. You will work at the application layer, focusing on contract-first architectures that connect UI, backend systems, and reasoning models through MCP and

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Design and lead hands-on implementation of next-generation intelligent enterprise applications.
• Act as architectural anchor for embedding autonomous capabilities into business workflows.
• Connect application logic, UI, and backend systems to reasoning models via MCP and modern APIs.

Skills

Back-end architecture

Python

Node

Go

Java

LLM-backed applications

LangGraph

Contract-first API design

API schemas

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

OpenAPI

TypeSpec

GraphQL

gRPC

APIs

LangGraph

Job description

Cisco is redefining CX delivery by building intelligent, scalable platforms. You will lead and design next-generation enterprise applications, embedding autonomous capabilities into critical workflows, and aligning business logic with modern APIs.

This role shapes the vision and implementation as a technical leader on a global AI-driven team. You will work at the application layer, focusing on contract-first architectures that connect UI, backend systems, and reasoning models through MCP and