Cisco Software Engineer Early Career Lisbon 

Portugal 

474431688

Start date:October/November 2025

Lisbon, Portugal (We follow a hybrid work approach with some office presence required - 2-3 days per week on average.)

Applications are accepted until further notice.

As a member of the Cisco IT team, you will be a valuable part of the

Your responsibilities are:

• Working with a team of engineers to design, develop, and build applications in a Scrum Agile environment.
• Showcasing your coding skills, debugging any issues, suggesting improvements, reviewing code, and providing solutions to systemic problems.
• Ensuring the security of our applications by fixing any vulnerabilities and keeping them secure.
• Assist in the development of in-app and role-based AI Agents, focusing on implementing basic security features and supporting multi-agent protocols.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to integrate agentic frameworks (such as langraph, langchain, and LLMs) for Ask/Respond functionalities, leveraging data from diverse tech platforms.
• Support the creation of Natural Language Interaction (NLI) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems for enterprise data using enterprise LLMs.
• Participate in enabling and testing data connectors (e.g., Oracle, SAP HANA, Snowflake, MongoDB) by helping implement APIs and database drivers to securely retrieve and ingest data.
• Contribute to prompt engineering for LLMs exposed via APIs, including parsing basic user input and identifying intent under guidance.
• Learn and assist with building and integrating basic AI agent protocols and communication mechanisms (e.g., message formats and transport protocols).
• Work under close supervision, contributing to integration layers and inter-agent communication frameworks.

Minimum Qualifications

• A strong passion for and a deep commitment to lifelong learning, along with a willingness and eagerness to invest time in training and developing your skills.
• Passion for data and enthusiasm for data science processes and technologies, including Data Structures and Algorithms.
• Experience with either front-end, back-end, or automation technology.
• Familiarity with Object Oriented programming concepts.
• Knowledge of Web Services and JSON.
• Understanding of security practices, with some exposure to API Security Protocols.
• A good team player, with a positive and self-starter attitude.
• You are eligible to work in Portugal without any visa/work permit sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Good understanding of Agile practices and toolsets.
• Familiarity with supply chain business.
• Certifications in Java, DB (Oracle SQL,PL/SQL /JAVA/Python, SNOWFLAKE, Mongo), Python, Web Development, AWS Fundamentals.
• Certifications in Supply Chain Fundamentals, Gen AI White/Green belt.