Technical Leader, Software Engineering| GO, Python, Microservices, AI, Large Scale Cloud Platforms, Data

Meet the team
The Cisco's AI team consists of AI researchers, and software developers who collaborate to build innovative products and platforms for Cisco. We are motivated by tackling unique challenges that arise when connecting people and devices at a world-wide scale.

You will join a newly formed, dynamic AI team as one of the core members, and have the opportunity to influence the culture and direction of the growing team. Our team includes AI experts and distributed system experts who work together with our partners in products management, and engineers across a wide variety of other Cisco teams.

Your Impact
As an Engineering Technical Leader in Cisco Cloud Control, you will play a pivotal role in building the next-generation platform that unifies Cisco's product portfolio under one AI-native ecosystem. You'll lead a growing engineering team in our Bangalore office and collaborate with global Cisco teams to deliver cross-product AI solutions.

What You'll Do

• Partner with your team to plan epics, deliverables, and sprints.
• Work closely with architects to drive both functional and non-functional product enhancements.
• Collaborate with other Cisco groups to deliver AI-native, cross-product integrations.
• Actively contribute to the codebase, review pull requests, and uphold engineering best practices.
• Mentor and guide a high-performing team, combining the agility of a startup with the scale of an enterprise.

Minimum Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Software Technical Lead with a strong background in architecture and solution delivery.
• Hands-on programming expertise (Go, Java, or Node), with the ability to dive deep into code and review pull requests.
• Familiarity with modern AI tools and development methodologies.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated experience leading high-performing, geographically distributed, full-stack teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• A proactive, resilient, and adaptable approach to working in a fast-paced corporate environment.
• BA / BS degree with 10+ years of experience (or) MS degree with 8+ years of experience as a software development engineer

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant field.
• Experience with SaaS, Kubernetes, Docker, Go, Python, Terraform, and AWS services (e.g., DynamoDB, Lambda, EKS).
• Knowledge of networking (campus and branch) and security technologies (firewalls, SASE, SSE, web security, branch and remote connectivity).

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