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Principal Applied AI Engineering Manager

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-29 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead an AI engineering pod to build, deploy, and maintain production agentic AI services, focusing on LLM orchestration, multi-agent workflows, and RAG pipelines.

Role type

Principal Applied AI Engineering Manager

Builds

Production AI agents and agentic AI services

Domain

Enterprise AI / Agentic Systems / Cloud (Azure)

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, C#, LLM orchestration, RAG architectures, multi-agent workflows, evaluation frameworks, CI/CD, cloud-native development, people management, low-code/no-code platforms, AI governance

Preferred skills

Experience with prompt engineering, agent frameworks, shadow mode deployment, OKR setting

Technologies

Python, C#, Azure, Dataverse, Power Applications, microservices, containers

Responsibilities

Hire and coach a team of Applied AI Engineers; Drive end-to-end lifecycle of production AI agents from spec to deployment; Define architecture patterns and engineering standards; Ensure production health and reliability of deployed agents; Build and maintain evaluation systems for agent correctness and safety; Partner with product and platform teams to shape roadmap; Drive measurable business impact via KPIs; Embed responsible AI practices and compliance into agent systems; Mentor engineers on applied AI engineering craft.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with team leadership

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