Software Engineering Technical Leader

Cisco is revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era. They are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join the AI Platform team within Developer Platforms to build internal platforms that enable engineers to create, deploy, and operate AI agents effectively.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and operate internal platform capabilities that enable engineers to create and run AI agents at scale
• Develop services, frameworks, and tooling that make it easier for teams to build reliable, secure, and maintainable AI-powered workflows
• Build high-impact AI agents and automation systems that reduce engineering toil and improve developer productivity
• Partner with engineers across Splunk to understand use cases, gather feedback, and deliver platform capabilities that solve real developer problems
• Contribute to the architecture and implementation of AI platform services, including integrations with internal systems, infrastructure, and developer tools
• Help establish patterns and best practices for building, testing, deploying, and operating AI agents within Splunk
• Improve platform reliability, observability, security, and usability through thoughtful design, implementation, and operational ownership

Requirements:

• Strong software engineering experience, with a track record of designing, building, and operating production-grade systems
• Experience with backend services, distributed systems, APIs, infrastructure platforms, developer tooling, or internal platforms
• Experience in AI-enabled systems, AI agents, LLM-based applications, prompt workflows, or machine-learning platform concepts
• Strong understanding of modern software development practices, including testing, CI/CD, observability, reliability, and secure engineering
• Ability to work across teams, understand developer needs, and turn ambiguous problems into practical technical solutions
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with engineers, technical leads, product managers, and stakeholders
• Passion for improving developer experience, engineering productivity, automation, and the responsible use of AI in software engineering
• Experience building platforms, frameworks, or tools used by other engineers is highly desirable