Distinguished ML Engineer - Cisco ThousandEyes (AppliedML / Model Tuning) Location: Seattle, Washington, US or Austin, Texas, US
Compensation Range: 322500 USD - 410000 USD
Job Type: Professional
Application Deadline Extended: Jan 20th 5 PM ET
Who We Are Cisco ThousandEyes is a Digital Experience Assurance platform that empowers organizations to deliver flawless digital experiences across every network – even the ones they don't own.
Powered by AI and an unmatched set of cloud, internet and enterprise network telemetry data, ThousandEyes enables IT teams to proactively detect, diagnose, and remediate issues – before they impact end-user experiences.
About The Role As an AI leader / architect, you will be guiding the ThousandEyes engineering business and senior management on a number of technical issues related to our AI/ML roadmap.
You will lead industry boards and/or councils as a sought-out expert who influences, develops, and defines next-generation technologies with favorable business impact for Cisco's broad product portfolio.
What You'll Do Guide and influence a team of AI engineers in designing, implementing, and maintaining large-scale AI/ML pipelines including tuning and evaluating LLMs. Lead the team in building evaluation frameworks and metrics while evaluating traditional and transformer-based models and LLMs. Influence and guide data collection design, data engineering, and feature engineering. Minimum Qualifications Proven experience using AI/ML technologies to influence product direction, user experiences, and ML/LLM lifecycle infrastructures. Demonstrable experience with the entire lifecycle of machine learning, from conceptualization and development to deployment and continual refinement. Proficient in Python, transforming abstract ML concepts into robust, efficient, and scalable solutions. Fluent in machine learning frameworks such as SKLearn, XGBoost, PyTorch, or Tensorflow. Bachelor's +17 years or Master's +14 years or PhD +10 years or equivalent direct industry experience in building and evaluating ML models and delivering large-scale ML products. Preferred Qualifications Strategic leader excelling in making critical technical decisions and shaping roadmaps for transformative machine learning projects. Proficient in crafting machine learning models, including transformer models and Large Language Models. Adept at guiding teams through large, high-impact projects, ensuring successful outcomes. Successful track record in large-scale production environments, integrating machine learning models into internet-scale services. Proficient in harmonizing efforts of cross-functional teams, creating synergy between business goals and technology innovation. Why Cisco The Internet of Everything is a phenomenon driving new opportunities for Cisco.
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We offer extensive employee benefits including 20 days of PTO, 10 paid volunteering days, paid birthday off, 401k match with NO vesting, generous health/dental/vision benefits, and much more.
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