Meet the Team
The Cisco IQ and Validation team is developing AI-powered capabilities that transform how network validation and automation are performed. Our engineers work across Agentic AI, LLMs, MCP, A2A, backend services, workflow orchestration, and cloud-native technologies to build production-ready solutions. We are a team-oriented global team of engineers, architects, AI specialists, and network automation experts solving complex technical problems together. This is an opportunity to work hands-on with emerging AI technologies while building software that directly contributes to the evolution of Cisco IQ and Validation.
Your Impact
Design, develop, test, deploy, and operate production-grade backend services and AI-enabled automation capabilities for Validation. Build agentic workflows where LLMs interact with tools, APIs, execution engines, and network environments to perform validation activities. Develop and integrate MCP and A2A capabilities, agent routing, tool invocation, workflow orchestration, approval-gated actions, and streaming execution events.



Troubleshoot complex issues across application, API, database, workflow, infrastructure, and runtime layers to ensure reliable production operation. Mentor engineers and contribute to technical designs, engineering practices, and continuous improvements across the team.
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience in backend, full-stack, automation, or distributed systems development.
- 3+ years of production-level Python development experience. Experience with Go, Rust, TypeScript, React, Node.js, .NET, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, or similar technologies.
- 2+ years of experience building REST APIs, database-backed services, distributed workflows, or event-driven applications.
- 2+ years of experience with Generative AI, LLMs, Agentic AI(multi-agent systems), AI tool integrations, or AI-enabled application development.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Dock

📌 Senior Software Engineer – AI (Bengaluru)
🏢 Cisco
📍 Bengaluru