# Senior AI Researcher at Cisco

- Company: Cisco
- What the company does: Cisco is a worldwide technology leader powering an inclusive future for all. Learn more about our products, services, solutions, and innovations. Backed by Sequoia and Menlo.
- Company website: https://www.cisco.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, California, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-28
- Apply by: 2026-12-12
- Apply: https://cisco.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Cisco_Careers/job/San-Francisco-California-US/Senior-AI-Researcher_2018923?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cisco-senior-ai-researcher/

## About the role

As a Senior AI Researcher you will operate as a visionary technical leader, architecting and executing frontier AI research that dictates Foundation AI's long-term technical trajectory. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related technical field, plus 3+ years of relevant research experience, or equivalent demonstrated research impact
- Demonstrated track record of sustained, high-impact publications at top-tier machine learning and AI conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, CVPR, ICCV, or equivalent venues)
- 5+ years of hands-on Python and PyTorch experience, including training and optimizing models across multi-GPU or distributed environments and working with modern ML research and production frameworks
- Proven ability to lead complex, ambiguous technical projects from conception to deployment as an individual contributor


Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cisco-senior-ai-researcher/