Cisco AI Researcher 

United States, California, San Francisco 

893654819

The application window is expected to close on 9/25/2025.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

As an AI researcher, you will

• Track and analyze emerging AI systems, focusing on applications and environments related to security and safety

• Develop a platform for AI intelligence gathering, data collection, model fine tuning, evaluation and other AI related needs

• Work on purpose-built security foundational models

• Author blog posts, white papers, or research papers related to emerging threats in AI security

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams of researchers and engineers to translate research ideas into product features. You'll also have the opportunity to contribute to our overall machine learning culture as an early member of the team.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A PhD in computer science, or related fields or Master’s with 2 years of related industry experience, or Bachelor’s with 4 years of related industry experience

• Software engineering experience in programming languages such as Python or Golang

• Experience in ML concepts like bias and variance, supervised & unsupervised learning, Generative AI

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing software for a security/identity/privacy product

• Experience deploying workloads in a cloud environment: GCP, Azure, AWS

• Experience with Kubernetes

• Familiar with traditional ML frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow, FastAI etc.

• Familiar with or interested in developing proof-of-concept exploits for new or theoretical attacks

• Experience reading papers in AI/ML and/or security and translating to prototype systems

• Comfortable with fast iterative style development in an environment that requires autonomous thinking, risk taking and bias for action

• Ability to use the latest GenAI technologies and creative prompting

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong analytical and problem-solving skills