Distinguished Engineer

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science , Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 15+ years of experience building, leading, or architecting large-scale software systems used by enterprise customers.
• Experience designing or operating data-intensive, distributed, AI-assisted, agentic, or operational software systems.
• Production software engineering experience, including writing or reviewing production-quality code.
• Experience defining architecture for platform capabilities such as workflow orchestration, tool access, permissions, audit logs, approvals, policy enforcement, or safe automation.
• Experience delivering technical direction that changes how multiple engineering teams build, test, support, operate , evaluate, or ship software.
• Experience with AI-assisted development, agentic workflows, LLM application architecture, AI evaluation, prompt/tool orchestration, or human-in-the-loop systems.
• Experience with telemetry, observability, security analytics, time-series systems, event processing, or data platforms.
• Experience with graph systems, entity identity, semantic layers, topology, temporal modeling, or operational context modeling.
• Experience building products for cloud, hybrid, and customer-managed deployment environments.
• Ability to influence across engineering, product, architecture, field, executive, and customer-facing teams while mentoring senior engineers through ambiguous technical decisions.
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• We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
• Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:
• The starting salary range posted for this position is $267,600.00 to $339,400.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.
• Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is

Benefits

Additional Information

The application window is expected to close on: 07/22/2026 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received . Distinguished Engineer, Splunk AgenticOps and AI Engineering Transformation Location: Remote, West Coast hours preferred Meet the Team Splunk's AgenticOps and AI Engineering Transformation team is focused on making AI a practical, governed part of real security, observability, and operational workflows. The team connects Splunk's telemetry, topology, identity, risk, platform, and Cisco network/application context so customers can investigate faster, understand root cause more clearly, and act safely. You will work with a lean, senior, cross-functional group spanning engineering, product, architecture, AI, security, observability, platform, and Cisco-connected experiences. The vibe is technical, pragmatic, customer-grounded, and highly collaborative, with a strong bias toward turning promising ideas into durable product capabilities. What makes the work exciting is the chance to shape how enterprise AI moves beyond chatbots into trusted, evidence-based operational assistance .

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