Senior Technical Leader - Information Retrieval (IR) & Semantic Analysis

Cisco’s Emerging Technologies Group (ETG) focuses on creating solutions in new and adjacent technology markets and is looking for high energy, high impact individuals who want to help shape Cisco’s future by building our next $1B business.

The Network Collaboration Business Unit (NCBU), ETG’s newest startup business, is developing a product that will dramatically increase collaboration and information sharing across an enterprise. Combining Cisco’s presence in the network with its collaboration tools, NCBU is in a unique position to offer a differentiated and compelling solution for our enterprise customers.

We currently seek an exceptional domain expert in social networking, collaboration or web 2.0 technologies to help shape industry & customer mindshare for our solution and drive our system architecture.

If you have the passion to do the next “big thing” and help Cisco create our next billion dollar business, then we would like to talk with you!!

Job description/Role/Responsibility
* Develop key algorithms in information retrieval and social networking
* Write architecture and system functional specifications.
* Work with product management, market development, and customers to develop, refine, validate, and prioritize product requirements.
* Define software architecture and system level designs based on product requirements and business model.
* Drive to develop and protect intellectual property for market leadership.
* Great opportunity to file patents.

Requirements/Required Skill set
* Background in search engines and information retrieval, social networking, collaboration or web 2.0 technologies.
*Strong programming skills with Java.
*Linux
* Background in rich media (voice and video) mining a plus.
* Very high technical competence & proven track record for product delivery.
* Very good understanding of relational databases, graph DB, search indexing.
* Exceptional communication skills to drive technical architecture.
* Entrepreneurial drive with demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in an innovative and fast paced environment.
* Strong interpersonal skills and teamwork.
* Ability to work and thrive in a true “startup” model.
* Masters, PHD preferred