Machine Learning Engineer Leader - Robust Intelligence

The application window is expected to close on February 21, 2025

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

This is a hybrid/ remote role. Stong preference will be given to candidates from the following locations: San Jose, San Francisco Bay area, California; Fulton/DC Metro; Austin, Texas; Ann Arbor, Michigan, RTP, North Carolina; Atlanta Metro, Georgia; Boston Metro, Massachusetts.

Meet the Team

Robust Intelligence's mission is to secure the AI transformation. The Robust Intelligence team joined Cisco through acquisition in fall 2024 to lead research and development of security and AI at Cisco. The team has deep expertise in AI and security and is an active contributor to cutting edge research and standards on AI and security. At Cisco, our mission is to build AI Security at Cisco scale as well as lead the next generation of AI infrastructure for disruptive security products across Cisco.

About Robust Intelligence

Robust Intelligence pioneered the category of AI Security and created the first platform for securing AI applications from supply chain, model vulnerabilities, and real time attacks. Funded by Sequoia and Tiger Global, Robust Intelligence customers include the world's largest banking and financial institutions, HR and payroll services, FinTech and financial software, technology and consumer electronics, insurance, consulting, travel, data centers and cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity as well as government agencies. The company was acquired by Cisco in 2024.

Your Impact

As a Technical Leader, you will drive end-to-end ML solutions, designing and deploying transformer-based models, building data pipelines, optimizing ML infrastructure, and developing AI-powered systems that solve real-life industry challenges. You will work across modeling, infra, ML ops, and system development, collaborating with engineers, researchers, and customers to shape the future of AI.

• Lead the design and deployment of end-to-end ML solutions for real-world applications
• Develop and fine-tune transformer-based models for diverse AI challenges
• Work across modeling, ML infrastructure, system development, and deployment
• Collaborate with customers and internal teams to align AI solutions with business needs
• Ensure AI models are scalable, robust, and production-ready
• Provide technical mentorship and lead initiatives within the ML team
• Research and apply cutting-edge ML techniques to optimize AI-driven products

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree with 7+ years (or) Masters degree with 5+ years (or) PhD degree with 2+ year of software development industry experience
• 3+ years of industry experience in building ML Systems end-to-end (data processing, model training, deployment)
• Experience in Python or Go and ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with real-world AI problems, especially in customer-facing applications
• Strong understanding of ML fundamentals, classic ML algorithms, modern transformer-based models and deep learning architectures
• Knowledge of LangChain, LlamaIndex, and Hugging Face models
• Background in AI security, risk detection, or fraud detection (a plus, but not required)
• Research experience or contributions to open-source ML projects
• Self-starter with a strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently

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Our passion is connection-we celebrate our employees' diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our

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