Sr Data Scientist

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  • Location:
    Offsite, San Jose, California, US
  • Area of Interest
    Engineer - Software
  • Compensation Range
    181900 USD - 275700 USD
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    AI or Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Analytics, Software Development, Testing
  • Job Id
    1396765

Who We Are

Outshift by Cisco is the emerging tech incubation group that explores, identifies, and creates new businesses for Cisco. We are passionate about being at the cutting edge of technology, taking Cisco into new markets and building exciting products that solve tomorrow’s biggest challenges.

Like a startup, we take an entrepreneurial approach to success. We incubate ideas into products that solve critical needs, then deliver an experience that delights users and customers from MVP to full-blown commercial offering.

Outshift is about innovation. We look from 12 months out to five years into the future, flexibly working to solve problems instead of fitting into a defined job description. We celebrate learning, and expect our teams to fail fast, challenging assumptions and finding new ways of solving problems. Outshifters enjoy gaining experience across a breadth of technological and business challenges and can expect to shift across products/problems and build new skills regularly.

We’re building the next wave of startup-like innovation with the support of a trusted name like Cisco. Where else will you get to do this? Come create with us.

Learn more about us at outshift.com

Who You’ll Work With

The Outshift team is highly visible within Cisco as it's leading the future innovation for the business. As part of the Strategy, Incubations & Applications group led by Cisco’s Chief Strategy Officer, you’ll be working with some of the organization’s most forward thinkers.

In this role, you can expect to collaborate with multi-functional teams including product managers, applied scientists, and senior engineers that are like - minded in an incubation setting.

Who You Are

You are a creative technologist, combining your innate creativity with a solid technical acumen. You have a fervent passion for employing technology not just to solve intricate challenges but to drive innovation forward. You are a detail-oriented engineer, meticulous in your approach, which is evident in the precision of your work. This meticulousness ensures the reliability and scalability of any data infrastructure you are involved with. As a collaborative technologist, you excel within interdisciplinary environments, offering your knowledge while also absorbing new insights from peers to propel projects to successful completion. Your nature as an adaptable learner means that you are not only comfortable in, but thrive in the fast-paced world of prototype development, always keeping abreast of the latest developments in data engineering and AI/ML.

What You’ll Do

You will be at the forefront of creating new data product prototypes, utilizing your expertise in generative AI and machine learning (ML) technologies to address evolving market demands. Your role will include leading the technical design and development of these prototypes. You will also be responsible for architecting data pipelines that are not only scalable, efficient, and flexible but also support the rapid iteration and testing of your prototypes. This will enable you to engage in continuous experimentation and benefit from immediate feedback. You will work in tandem with fellow data scientists, product managers, and software engineers to translate innovative ideas into technical requirements and actionable project plans. Managing data effectively will be a priority, and you will implement best practices to ensure that data collection, storage, and accessibility are of high quality, optimized specifically for AI/ML model training and evaluation.

You will constantly evaluate and integrate the latest data engineering technologies and methodologies to refine the processes of prototype development and expand product capabilities. Additionally, you will monitor and enhance the performance of data systems and infrastructure to ensure that they meet the demanding and changing requirements of prototype development and deployment, guaranteeing the delivery of high-performance and cutting-edge data products.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with at least 7 years of experience in a related field or a Master's degree with a minimum of 4 years of experience, or a PhD with at least 1 year of experience.
  • Experience with Python and ML Frameworks, such as TensorFlow or PyTorch, evidenced through the development and implementation of machine learning models in a professional or academic setting.
  • A proven track record of successfully leading AI/ML projects through their entire lifecycle, from the initial concept stage to full deployment, resulting in measurable outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Expertise in NLP, computer vision, or another specialized AI/ML domain. 
  • Evidence of contributions to the AI/ML community, such as publications in top-tier journals/conferences or open-source projects. 
  • Experience with cloud computing services (AWS, GCP, Azure) and ML operations (MLOps) tools.  
  • Strong ability to articulate complex data science concepts to a varied audience. 


Why Cisco?

#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters – with people like you!

Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We’re the Internet’s optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it’s not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We’re helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We’re helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world – whether through 5G, or otherwise.

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another – from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).

We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we’re committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions.

So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That’s cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us! #WeAreCisco 


Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter.  Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

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