Senior Software Engineer - Cisco ThousandEyes
Core
Design, build, and deploy AI agents to act as autonomous security researchers and first responders, creating a self-healing infrastructure that identifies, tests, and mitigates vulnerabilities at machine speed.
Role type
Senior IC software engineer (AI security agents)
Builds
Autonomous security agents, self-healing pipelines, and AI-driven threat mitigation systems
Domain
Cybersecurity, AI/ML, Cloud-Native Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
LLM-based agent development, Prompt Engineering, Agentic workflows, Python or Go, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi), Kubernetes, Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd), GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Kargo), CI/CD lifecycle integration, OWASP Top 10, CVE lifecycles, modern exploit techniques
Preferred skills
Vector databases (Pinecone, Milvus), Policy as Code (OPA/Rego)
Technologies
LLMs, Kargo, ArgoCD, Snyk, Wiz, Istio, Linkerd, Terraform, Pulumi, Pinecone, Milvus, OPA, Rego
Responsibilities
Build and fine-tune LLM-based agents for automated vulnerability research and code analysis; Develop self-healing pipelines to generate, test, and deploy security patches; Design AI-driven logic to detect anomalous traffic and update WAF rules or service mesh configurations; Integrate AI security tooling into CI/CD lifecycle; Build orchestration systems connecting security scanning tools with AI agents
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC