Cisco
Distinguished AI Engineer (Hybrid)
$305K–$498K
San Jose, California, US +3 · Hybrid · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 25, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, California, US
Austin, Texas, US
Seattle, Washington, US
New York, New York, US - Experience
- Bachelor’s + 17 years, or Master’s + 14 years, or PhD + 10 years of related experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD.
About the job
Leads the technical vision, roadmap, and delivery of AI/ML capabilities across Cisco and Splunk products, guiding cross-functional teams from architecture through production deployment.
What you'll do
- Define AI/ML technical strategy and roadmap across the product portfolio.
- Guide and mentor cross-functional teams, and collaborate with technical leaders to deliver AI/ML models and services.
- Build organizational alignment and adoption, while identifying and mitigating delivery risks.
What they ask for
- In-depth AI/ML expertise, including deep learning, time series modeling, natural language processing, unsupervised learning, Generative AI, and LLMs.
- Track record leading impactful AI product development at scale and deploying complex models in production.
- Experience with large-scale data processing and parallel computing, including GPU, multi-GPU, and distributed training.
- Strong internal and external partnership, communication, problem-solving, and mentoring skills.
Nice to have
- Experience in the Cybersecurity and/or Observability industry.
Pay
$342,700.00 to $433,400.00 USD base salary; $342,700.00 - $498,400.00 USD base salary (New York City Metro Area); $304,900.00 - $443,500.00 USD base salary (Non-Metro New York state & Washington state)
Tools
GPU, multi-GPU, LLM
AI focus
Leads AI/ML strategy and product development, including Generative AI and large language models; develops and deploys large-scale models in production.
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