Senior AI-Driven Enterprise Software Architect

Cisco; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 178,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Restricted stock units

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a senior backend and systems architect to shape the future of intelligent enterprise applications. You will design and implement next-generation services, embedding autonomous capabilities into critical workflows and ensuring tight integration across UI, business logic, and backend systems.

You will influence API design and platform choices, leveraging OpenAPI/GraphQL/gRPC and LangGraph to deliver scalable, contract-first solutions for enterprise customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 12+ years in backend software architecture and core development (Python/Node/Go/Java).
• Experience shipping complex enterprise or SaaS apps.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead hands-on implementation of next-generation enterprise applications.
• Serve as architectural anchor for embedding autonomous agent capabilities into workflows.
• Define contract-first architectures that connect business logic, UI, and back-end systems to reasoning models.

Skills

Back-end architecture

Programming languages

LLM applications

API design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

LangGraph

OpenAPI

GraphQL

gRPC

Job description

Cisco is seeking a senior backend and systems architect to shape the future of intelligent enterprise applications. You will design and implement next-generation services, embedding autonomous capabilities into critical workflows and ensuring tight integration across UI, business logic, and backend systems.

You will influence API design and platform choices, leveraging OpenAPI/GraphQL/gRPC and LangGraph to deliver scalable, contract-first solutions for enterprise customers.