Research Engineer – Prague, Czech Republic
What You'll Do
We are looking for an experienced Machine Learning enthusiast / Data Scientist with Software Engineering experience to work in an international environment in downtown Prague, Czech Republic. You will be part of the team focusing on the research and development of cybersecurity systems that process data ranging from billions of network telemetry entries to hundreds of millions of e-mails every day.
We expect you to

• Work in the field of Machine Learning, Data Science, LLMs, Statistics or Cloud Computing
• Build scalable AI-driven systems for detection of modern malware, advanced cyber threats, and malicious user behavior
• Work on high-performance systems capable of handling massive data maintained by Security department of Cisco and used for cyber protection of Cisco customers
• Provide working prototypes in Python and cooperate with Engineers on the production code
• Contribute to patentable inventions or conference publications, and collaborate on research challenges with corporate and academic partners across the globe

Who You'll Work With
The Cognitive Intelligence Research and Development (R&D) team within Cisco develops innovative capabilities in the cyber security domain that detect and prevent the misuse of the customer computing infrastructure. With security focus & approach, we make machine learning work in really big scale. This enables our customers to protect their critical assets against today’s and future’s cyber threats.


Who You are
So, if you share our passion for technology innovation, have experience in relevant technical areas, and love spending your time with data science, machine learning or ML models life cycle, this is the job for you. We look forward to receiving your application and CV.


Our requirements for this role:

• MSc or equivalent experience in computer science or similar (e.g., mathematics or physics with computer science background)
• Solid working experience in research or software engineering projects
• Experience in algorithms prototyping, preferably in Python, Scala or Java
• Research or coding experience in some of the following areas: Machine Learning and Data Science, LLMs, Statistics, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, Cloud Computing or Computing with Graphs
• Excitement to collaborate in a diverse multi-functional team to tackle customer's needs
• Excellent logic and problem-solving capabilities
• Proficient in English

An important plus will be:

• Experience with cyber threat defense, computer networks, AWS, Kubernetes
• Experience of working in an agile environment
• Experience with Apache Spark, Python Dask or other distributed computing platform
• Relevant publication record (scientific or industrial conference or journal)
• Trackable record of your own open-source projects
• Ph D or equivalent experience

Why Cisco Come and experience our culture on your own! We offer extensive packet of benefits such as company-paid week for a charity project of your choice, company-sponsored medical care in Prague, pension fund allowance and many others.
We connect everything: people, processes, data, and things. We innovate everywhere, taking bold risks to craft the technologies that give us inquisitive cities, connected cars, and handheld hospitals. And we do it in style with outstanding personalities who aren’t afraid to change the way the world works, lives, plays and learns.

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

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, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
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.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.