Senior AI-Powered Test Automation Engineer

Cisco; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco in San Jose seeks a software engineer to build test infrastructure for an AI-agentic Security Operations Center. You will translate quality challenges into scalable testing solutions, evaluating AI workflows and security-related performance.

You will collaborate across teams on contract testing, validation techniques, and AI-based automation using Python and Go. The role offers advanced benchmarking and impact across large-scale systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree + 8+ years of software development and test automation experience.
• Proven programming experience in Python and Go for scalable testing infrastructure.
• Experience with security compliance frameworks.
• Experience with modern performance testing methodologies.
• Experience using AI to automate test processes and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to PQ foundations and evaluation frameworks for AI agents, workflows, and system processes.
• Develop AI-based solutions to mitigate risk and improve system integrity through testing methodologies.
• Collaborate with team members, participate in code/design reviews, validate technical hypotheses.

Skills

Python

Go

AI-based automation

Performance testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Playwright

K6

JMeter

LangChain

LangSmith

OCSF libraries

Job description

Cisco in San Jose seeks a software engineer to build test infrastructure for an AI-agentic Security Operations Center. You will translate quality challenges into scalable testing solutions, evaluating AI workflows and security-related performance.

You will collaborate across teams on contract testing, validation techniques, and AI-based automation using Python and Go. The role offers advanced benchmarking and impact across large-scale systems.