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Principal Software Engineer, AI Infrastructure

United States, Washington, RedmondFull-time2026-10-16 → 2026-11-09

Core

Design and manage AI traffic routing, computing capacity, and infrastructure reliability across global regions.

Role type

Principal Software Engineer (AI Infrastructure)

Builds

Distributed AI services, traffic routing systems, and GPU fleet management platforms.

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure / AI Systems

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Distributed systems design, Traffic routing and scheduling, Resource optimization, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, AI/ML infrastructure, GPU fleet management, System reliability engineering, Threat modeling, Mentorship

Preferred skills

C#, Java, Go, Responsible AI practices, AI tooling in SDLC

Responsibilities

Design overall architecture for AI traffic and capacity management, Write and review secure code for routing and capacity planning, Partner with product teams to execute long-term roadmaps, Lead on-call rotation and incident post-mortems for critical AI services, Collaborate with cross-functional teams to prepare for model launches, Mentor engineers on building reliable systems at scale

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic design and mentorship