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Principal Applied AI Engineer

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-14 → 2026-09-25

Core

Architect and build production agentic AI systems, including LLM orchestration, multi-agent workflows, RAG pipelines, and human-in-the-loop experiences.

Role type

Principal Applied AI Engineer (hands-on IC with architectural leadership)

Builds

Scalable AI agents, services, and reusable platform capabilities for customer support automation

Domain

Applied AI / Customer Support Engineering / Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

C# and Python, LLM orchestration, multi-agent workflows, RAG pipelines, cloud-native engineering, system design, evaluation-driven development, incident response, security pattern implementation

Preferred skills

Azure cloud platform, microservices, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, customer support engineering background, mentoring senior engineers

Technologies

C#, Python, Azure, LLMs, RAG, agent frameworks, containers, microservices

Responsibilities

Design and implement scalable AI agents and services; write and maintain production-quality code; define technical architecture and engineering standards; design evaluation frameworks for AI systems; ensure production quality and reliability; embed responsible AI principles; make consequential technical decisions; influence product and platform roadmaps; drive measurable customer and business impact; provide technical leadership and mentor engineers

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic architecture and mentorship

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