Software Engineering Technical Leader | Python/GO | Agentic AI | APIs | Generative AI | Kubernetes/Docker | MCP/A2A - 8 to 12 - Bangalore
The Cisco IQ and Validation team is building the next generation of intelligent, AI-driven network validation and automation capabilities. We combine cloud-native software engineering, Agentic AI, LLMs, MCP, A2A, and network automation to enable customers to validate and operate complex environments more intelligently. The team brings together architects, senior engineers, software engineers, AI specialists, and domain experts working across a global organization. We are building foundational capabilities that will enable AI agents to reason, interact with enterprise tools, and safely execute validation workflows at scale.
Your ImpactDefine and drive the architecture for AI decision systems, Agentic AI platforms, and enterprise-scale validation and automation capabilities within Cisco IQ and Validation. Establish technical direction for agent architectures, MCP and A2A integrations, agent routing, tool orchestration, workflow execution, approval-gated actions, and distributed event-driven systems. Guide architecture across backend services, APIs, databases, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, observability, and production operations to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, reliable, and maintainable. Drive technical alignment across Engineering, Product, UX, Security, Infrastructure, QA, and partner teams and provide technical leadership for complex, ambiguous, cross-functional initiatives. Mentor senior engineers and technical leads while influencing platform strategy, engineering standards, and the long-term evolution of Validation.
Minimum Qualifications- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience designing and building complex backend, distributed, automation, or platform systems.
- Experience with Python Go, Rust, TypeScript, React, Node.js, .NET, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, or similar technologies.
- 3+ years of experience designing distributed systems using APIs, databases, event-driven architectures, workflow systems, or cloud-native technologies.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience developing or architecting Generative AI, LLM, Agentic AI, MCP, A2A, or AI-enabled automation systems.
- 4+ years of experience with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, cloud platforms, and production software operations.
- Experience designing advanced multi-agent architectures, including planner/executor patterns, agent handoffs, state management, checkpointing, retries, cancellation, and durable workflows.
- Experience architecting MCP and A2A systems, including capability discovery, tool schemas, authentication, context propagation, streaming, approval gates, auditability, and failure handling.
- Experience designing AI quality, evaluation, observability, and governance frameworks.
- Experience with network automation, device connectivity, validation platforms, infrastructure automation, or enterprise network systems.
- Experience leading architecture across multiple engineering teams and influencing technical strategy, standards, and platform roadmaps.
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. Simply put – we power the future. 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 everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
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.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience designing and building complex backend, distributed, automation, or platform systems.
- Experience with Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript, React, Node.js, .NET, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, or similar technologies.
- 3+ years of experience designing distributed systems using APIs, databases, event-driven architectures, workflow systems, or cloud-native technologies.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience developing or architecting Generative AI, LLM, Agentic AI, MCP, A2A, or AI-enabled automation systems.
- 4+ years of experience with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, cloud platforms, and production software operations.
- Experience designing advanced multi-agent architectures, including planner/executor patterns, agent handoffs, state management, checkpointing, retries, cancellation, and durable workflows.
- Experience architecting MCP and A2A systems, including capability discovery, tool schemas, authentication, context propagation, streaming, approval gates, auditability, and failure handling.
- Experience designing AI quality, evaluation, observability, and governance frameworks.
- Experience with network automation, device connectivity, validation platforms, infrastructure automation, or enterprise network systems.
- Experience leading architecture across multiple engineering teams and influencing technical strategy, standards, and platform roadmaps.
Cisco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cisco and has not been reviewed or approved by Cisco.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as robust with multiple plan options and access to onsite/virtual LifeConnections Health Centers on major campuses. Company materials also highlight mental-health resources and comprehensive preventive care, supporting strong core medical benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away includes company‑wide recharge days, a paid birthday, a year‑end shutdown, and paid Critical Time Off for emergencies. Paid volunteer days further expand opportunities to step away and recharge.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies include a global minimum for paid parental leave for primary caregivers, caregiving concierge services, and on‑site children’s learning centers in select locations. In the U.S., family‑building support is consolidated under Carrot with a defined lifetime maximum, indicating structured assistance across fertility, preservation, adoption, and surrogacy.
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What We Do
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections--whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible--providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 71,000 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies such as home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security, storage area networking, and wireless technology. In addition to its products, Cisco provides a broad range of service offerings, including technical support and advanced services. Cisco sells its products and services, both directly through its own sales force as well as through its channel partners, to large enterprises, commercial businesses, service providers, and consumers.
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