Machine Learning Engineering Technical Leader
About The Position
Outshift, Cisco’s incubation engine, is building the Internet of Cognition: a shared semantic layer that enables agents and humans to reason together. The Senior AI/ML Engineer will turn concepts such as shared context, shared intent, and coordinated reasoning across distributed agents into scalable, production-grade systems. This is a senior individual-contributor role, not a management position. The engineer will make technical decisions, develop hands-on solutions, and support the growth of other engineers through technical leadership, mentorship, and strong engineering practices. The team values implementation, collaboration, and open-source work.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 12+ years of related experience, or master’s degree and 8+ years of related experience, or Ph.D. and 5+ years of related experience.
- 8+ years of experience building and owning production software and machine learning systems from development through deployment and ongoing support.
- Experience developing with Python across the full technology stack, from high-level agent logic to underlying systems and infrastructure.
- Experience with LLMs and agentic frameworks such as LangChain/LangGraph, AutoGen, or similar.
- Experience working within open-source codebases, contributing to code development, and participating in peer code reviews.
Nice To Haves
- Experience building with emerging agent protocols such as MCP, A2A, or AGENTS.md.
- Contributions to influential open-source ecosystems, including Linux Foundation and CNCF projects.
- Deep networking and security knowledge.
Responsibilities
- Build scalable, production-grade systems for shared context, shared intent, and coordinated reasoning across distributed agents.
- Own production software and machine learning systems through development, deployment, and ongoing support.
- Work across the technology stack, from high-level agent logic to underlying systems and infrastructure.
- Drive technical decisions and develop hands-on engineering solutions.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to other engineers.
- Contribute to open-source codebases and participate in peer code reviews to maintain code quality and engineering standards.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, subject to plan eligibility rules.
- 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution.
- Paid parental leave.
- Short- and long-term disability coverage.
- Basic life insurance.
- Paid holidays and a floating holiday for non-exempt employees.
- Paid birthday day off, year-end holiday shutdown, and personal wellness days.
- Paid vacation or flexible vacation time off, depending on employee classification.
- Paid sick time.
- Additional paid time away may be requested for critical or emergency family issues.
- Optional paid volunteer days.
- Annual bonuses may be available for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies.
- Employees may be eligible for Cisco restricted stock unit grants.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
