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Principal Software Engineer - Agentic Engineering

United States, Washington, RedmondFull-time2026-10-05 → 2026-11-10

Core

Define multi-year strategy and technical vision for agentic engineering to transform design, implementation, testing, and release workflows across WSSI.

Role type

Principal Software Engineer (Agentic Engineering)

Builds

Closed-loop agentic engineering systems combining telemetry, engineering data, tools, and reasoning for diagnostics, debugging, and solution verification.

Domain

Software Engineering / AI / Agentic Systems

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Architecture of production agentic systems, orchestration, tool integration, context engineering, evaluation, observability, responsible AI, security, mentorship, cross-functional leadership, industry research translation.

Preferred skills

Experience with operating system development, driver development, performance and power analysis.

Technologies

Modern AI-assisted engineering tools, telemetry systems, orchestration frameworks.

Responsibilities

Set technical vision and strategy for agentic engineering; lead cross-functional AI squads from experimentation to production; establish technical architecture for agentic workflows at scale; define rigorous evaluation methods and quality standards; drive technical alignment and consensus across organizational boundaries; mentor engineers and develop communities of practice; stay ahead of industry and research advances; identify opportunities to expand organizational impact.

Seniority

Principal, strategy & mentorship