Senior AI Platform Engineer – Developer Tools

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 174,700 - 253,400; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Boulder, CO is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join the AI Platform team within Developer Platforms.

The role focuses on building an internal platform that enables Splunk engineers to create, deploy, and operate AI agents safely and effectively, with a goal to reduce engineering toil and improve developer productivity. The position is hands-on and requires experience with scalable platforms, emerging AI technologies, and delivering practical solutions for

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering experience with production-grade systems.
• Experience with backend services, distributed systems, APIs, infrastructure platforms, developer tooling, or internal platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate internal platform capabilities for AI agents at scale.
• Develop services, frameworks, and tooling for reliable, secure AI-powered workflows.
• Build AI agents and automation systems to reduce toil and boost productivity.
• Collaborate with engineers to gather use cases and deliver platform capabilities.
• Contribute to architecture and implementation of AI platform services and integrations.
• Establish patterns for building, testing, deploying, and operating AI agents.

Skills

Software engineering

Backend services

Distributed systems

AI/ML concepts

CI/CD observability

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Boulder, CO is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join the AI Platform team within Developer Platforms.

The role focuses on building an internal platform that enables Splunk engineers to create, deploy, and operate AI agents safely and effectively, with a goal to reduce engineering toil and improve developer productivity. The position is hands-on and requires experience with scalable platforms, emerging AI technologies, and delivering practical solutions for