Software Engineering Technical Leader - Cisco IQ
Core
Design and lead the hands-on implementation of next-generation, intelligent enterprise applications embedding autonomous and semi-autonomous agentic capabilities into business-critical workflows.
Role type
Senior IC Software Engineering Technical Leader (AI/Agentic Applications)
Builds
Intelligent enterprise applications using Model Context Protocol (MCP) and modern API ecosystems
Domain
Enterprise Software, AI/LLM, Networking
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Back-end software architecture, Python/Node/Go/Java, LLM-backed application development, agent orchestration (LangGraph), state-machine runtime design, structured tool calling, failure handling, contract-first API design (OpenAPI, TypeSpec, GraphQL, gRPC), schema modeling
Preferred skills
Networking protocols, large-scale infrastructure management, system-level design, cloud-agnostic distributed architectures (AWS, GCP, private cloud)
Technologies
Python, Node, Go, Java, LangGraph, OpenAPI, TypeSpec, GraphQL, gRPC, MCP
Responsibilities
Shape the overarching vision and future of digital services, design contract-first spec-driven architectures, connect application business logic and UIs to reasoning models, implement agentic capabilities in business-critical workflows
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC