AI Software Engineer (Analytical Agents) Hybrid

The application window is expected to close on: 04/27/2026Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

The application window is expected to close on: March 26, 2026

This position is hybrid.

Meet the Team

Join Cisco’s Enterprise AI team, the core group enabling Generative AI powered experiences across Cisco. Our mission is to build secure, scalable AI platforms that empower teams to safely develop, deploy, and operationalize AI\-powered solutions. We operate at the intersection of applied AI, cloud infrastructure and security \- partnering across engineering, security, compliance, and product teams to bring trusted AI to life at an enterprise scale.

We are a fast\-growing, highly collaborative team of platform engineers, AI engineers, and data scientists who value technical depth, ownership, and pragmatic execution. What makes this team exciting is the opportunity to define how secure Generative AI is built and governed inside a global technology leader.

In this role, you will be the architect of our analytical agent ecosystem, leveraging LangGraph and LLMs to transform legacy data into predictive business intelligence. You will directly influence how Cisco measures success by building the next generation of autonomous, metrics\-driven agents.

Your Impact

• Design and deploy autonomous analytical agents using LangGraph and advanced prompting to migrate our department from legacy PowerBI insights to predictive/prescriptive analytics.
• Develop agents capable of autonomously leveraging SQL to extract and manipulate large\-scale datasets, standardizing the tracking of Daily Active (DAU) and Weekly Active (WAU) users.
• Architect"agenti" solutions that move beyond simple chat to proactive, prescriptive actions based on real\-time data and historical trends.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for AI agent logic, prompt engineering strategies, and data schemas to ensure team alignment and scalability.
• Implement prompt analysis metrics and predictive models to evaluate the effectiveness and accuracy of LLM interactions across our agent fleet.
• Build observability dashboards to visualize common feature usage, operational performance parameters, and the health of the analytical agents.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related technical field.
• 4\+ years of professional experience in Python development and SQL (complex queries and data modeling).
• Proven experience building GenAI applications using LangGraph, LangChain, or similar agentic frameworks.
• Demonstrated expertise in advanced prompting and LLM performance evaluation.
• Strong technical writing skills with a commitment to documenting code, APIs, and model logic.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience migrating legacy BI reporting (e.g., PowerBI) to modern AI\-driven analytical platforms.
• Knowledge of GCP\-based data tools (e.g., BigQuery).
• Strong understanding of statistical modeling for predictive analytics.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $152,500\.00 to $219,200\.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation\*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job\-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long\-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non\-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year\-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
• Non\-exempt employees\*\* receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4\.92 hours per pay period for full\-time employees
• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non\-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance\-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non\-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota\-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
• 1\.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and
• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non\-quota\-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$152,500\.00 \- $252,000\.00

Non\-Metro New York state\& Washington state:

$135,800\.00 \- $224,400\.00

• For quota\-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

\*\* Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non\-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.