Software Engineering Technical Leader - Golang, Networking + Cloud Security | 12 to 16 yrs
Core
Lead the end-to-end development and operations of the Cisco AI Agent Gateway, a distributed platform enabling secure AI agent connections to MCP servers, LLM providers, and enterprise APIs.
Role type
Senior Software Engineering Technical Leader (Golang, Networking, Cloud Security)
Builds
Distributed, highly available AI agent gateway services with identity-aware access and policy enforcement
Domain
Cloud Security, Distributed Systems, AI Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Golang, distributed systems design, Envoy/H2O proxy configuration, L4/L7 networking, cloud deployment (AWS/Azure/GCP), incident management, capacity planning, secure AI-agent integration
Preferred skills
Envoy xDS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, OAuth/OIDC, software supply-chain security
Technologies
Golang, Envoy, H2O, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana
Responsibilities
Set technical direction and lead architecture design reviews; Design resilient control-plane and data-plane services with failover capabilities; Lead proxy and networking design for L4/L7 routing and policy enforcement; Own delivery lifecycle from requirements to production support and disaster recovery; Guide secure integration of AI agents with MCP servers and LLM providers
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership