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Software Engineer

Cisco is hiring a Software Engineer in Bengaluru, India. Level rates it ; you can apply on Cisco.

Level's read on this job

  • On Level's scale, this software engineer role is Works on AI ●●●○: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
  • Tools and skills the posting cites include LangChain, RAG and AI agents.
  • Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
  • Level lists 1,400+ other open roles at Cisco.
  • The role was posted in the last few days.

AI in this role

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Meet the Team 


Cisco IT is a transformation engine enabling people to do the best work of their lives! Our vision is to be loved as the world’s best IT organization. We lead with user experience, accept agile ways of working, drive engineering efficiency, and deliver with high quality with AI led software delivery.

The Source and Finance, Supply Chain IT team is at the forefront of transforming our supply chain through technology. We specialize in implementing and optimizing our Supply Chain quoting cycle, managing everything from procurement to delivery of components. Our expertise ensures seamless integration of processes, providing real-time visibility and control over our entire supply chain sourcing operations. We empower data-driven decisions that enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and improve overall operational agility. 

 

Your Impact 


We are seeking a 3 years of highly skilled full-stack developer to join our team. This role will bridge the gap of business and functional requests to everyday solutions in the form of applications and services.


  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines to allow procurement managers to ask natural language questions about specific supplier terms.
  • Build and integrate machine learning models to predict supplier risk and performance. This includes forecasting potential delivery delays based on historical data, geopolitical trends, or financial health signals.
  • Design and deploy AI-driven chatbots or "Co-pilots" within the workbench to guide suppliers through the onboarding process, answer FAQ regarding Cisco’s compliance standards, and validate uploaded data in real-time.
  • Develop frontend components that provide transparency into AI decisions. This means designing UI elements that show the "confidence score" or the specific data points that led to an AI-generated insight.
  • Using React or Angular to build dynamic visualizations (D3.js, Highcharts) that translate complex model outputs into readable "Reasoning" cards for procurement officers.

 

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Experience & Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical field, alongside a minimum of 3 years of professional full-stack software development experience.
  • Backend Development (Java & PL/SQL): Proven hands-on experience on designing, building, and maintaining backend services and RESTful APIs using Java (Spring/Spring Boot), combined with strong proficiency in writing and optimizing relational database queries, packages, and stored procedures using PL/SQL.
  • Frontend Development (Angular): Demonstrated professional experience in building responsive, scalable, and dynamic single-page applications using Angular, TypeScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
  • AI/ML Integration: Hands-on experience integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities such as Large Language Models (LLMs), Generative AI APIs, LangChain, or vector databases into enterprise web applications.
  •  Full-Stack Lifecycle & Collaboration: Solid understanding of modern software development practices, version control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, and agile methodologies, complemented by strong problem-solving and cross-functional communication skills. 


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Strong knowhow in any one object-oriented language
  • Skillful in managing code, CI-CD pipelines , working with Agile methods
  • Specialized AI & Agentic Development: Practical experience in building multimodal AI agents, implementing advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) patterns, managing vector databases at scale, and designing agentic workflows or human-in-the-loop automation systems.
  • AI Governance & Security: Understanding of responsible AI development principles, data privacy practices, and AI security management frameworks.

Why Cisco? 

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. 

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you. 


Disclaimer

To ensure that we hire the best talent in the right way, we follow a strict hiring process and recently, Cisco has been made aware of fraudulent recruiters claiming to be from the company. Please be advised that any communication from Cisco about careers will:

  • be in direct response to an application you have submitted through the company career site
  • begin with screening or an interview
  • originate from a Cisco email address, and
  • be conducted across email, phone, or WebEx

 

Cisco will never make a job offer without conducting an interview process or ask you for money in any way. If you have been requested to apply for a role or have received an offer from a site other than https://careers.cisco.com or cisco.wd5.myworkday.com, do not provide any personal identifying information, including your Aadhaar or other personal identifying number, birth certificate, banking information, driver's license, or passport.


If you are the target of a recruiting scam, consider filing a report with your local law enforcement authorities. Cisco bears no responsibility, and cannot be held liable, for any claims, damages, expenses, or other inconvenience resulting from or in any way connected to recruiting scams.


How we rate this

Software Engineer at Cisco rates 64 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.

  1. ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
  2. ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
  3. ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
  4. ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

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  1. How would you design a retrieval step so the model answers from real data instead of guessing?
  2. How do you decide when an AI agent can act on its own versus asking for approval first?
  3. How do you think about the risk of an AI system in this kind of role failing silently?
  4. What's a project where you used LangChain hands-on?
  5. Describe a typical day in a role like this one: which parts run through AI directly?

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