Software Engineer - AI & Agentic Systems

Cisco•San Jose, CA

1d•$167,700 - $245,200•Onsite

About The Position

Cisco Silicon One™ is Cisco’s silicon architecture powering web-scale, cloud, service provider, enterprise, and AI networking infrastructure. The Silicon One Software team develops the SDK software stack for its high-performance silicon products. The Software Engineer will design, build, and operate practical AI tools that help people find information, automate tasks, and integrate AI into their workflows. This is an onsite role in San Jose, California; the team may offer hybrid days, but the selected finalist is expected to work onsite. The role focuses on AI-powered document query and knowledge-retrieval systems, user-facing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and agentic tools, engineering workflow automation, and AI capabilities for networking domains. Specialized tools and models may support switch telemetry analysis, network simulation environments, and P4 language development.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field and 4+ years of software development experience, or a master’s degree and 3+ years of software development experience.
Experience with one or more of the following: cloud platforms, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines, and source-control workflows.
Experience building or integrating AI tool-calling architectures and protocols, such as MCP servers/clients or custom agent interfaces.

Nice To Haves

Experience with agent frameworks and LLM tool-calling architectures.
Hands-on experience with vector databases and semantic search/RAG pipelines.
Familiarity with OpenAI or Anthropic model APIs, open-source model inference platforms such as vLLM or Ollama, model request routing, or LLM fine-tuning techniques.
Domain knowledge in networking technologies, switch telemetry analysis, network simulation environments, or P4 programming.

Responsibilities

Design and build AI-powered document query and knowledge-retrieval systems.
Develop user-facing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and agentic tools.
Automate engineering workflows and integrate AI capabilities.
Create specialized AI models and developer utilities for networking domains, including switch telemetry analysis, network simulation environments, and P4 language development tooling.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution.
Paid parental leave.
Short- and long-term disability coverage.
Basic life insurance.
Potential eligibility for Cisco restricted stock unit grants, which vest following continued employment for defined periods.
Paid holidays and a floating holiday for non-exempt employees.
Paid day off for an employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and paid personal wellness days.
Paid vacation time for non-exempt employees; exempt employees participate in a flexible vacation time-off program.
Sick time off, including carryforward of eligible unused sick time.
Additional paid time away may be requested for critical or emergency family issues.
Optional paid volunteer days.
Annual bonuses for eligible non-sales employees, subject to Cisco policies.