Principal Engineer - Agentic AI Engineering

About the role

This job is responsible for defining and leading the engineering approach for solutions at the program or portfolio level, to deliver significant business outcomes. Key responsibilities include continuously improving the design, quality, and reuse of the solution and delivering technology enablers that improve development efficiencies for the solution. The role expects familiarity with at least one area of engineering, acting as a “go to” reference across the organization, and applying knowledge to improve technical competencies through recruitment and development activities.

Responsibilities

• Develops the engineering approach for the entire program/portfolio solution and works with Architecture to develop/analyze/deliver the implementation of technical enablers
• Leads the planning, definition, and design of complex features which span multiple teams and explores solution alternatives
• Creates ideas on designing complex technology and solution development approaches
• Leads the technical oversight for teams in solution development including design reviews and code within own domain
• Defines the technology tool stack for the solution within the range of internally approved and supported technologies
• Explores state-of-the-art technologies to improve development efficiencies, quality of test/QA coverage, and release management
• Leads and is responsible for the end-to-end test strategy/creation/adherence, and the integration between teams for a program/portfolio solution
• Improves the experience for developers, making it easier to deliver industry-leading solutions while managing work efficiently and with the right controls
• Advances technology platforms through innovation
• Reduces risk and improves quality across the technology portfolio by aligning to a single enterprise architecture strategy and delivering governance that enables consistency, integration, and automation

Required Qualifications

• Engineering Leadership & Enterprise Platforms: 7+ years of software engineering experience with hands-on delivery across enterprise platforms, developer tooling, automation, or AI-enabled engineering solutions
• Demonstrated experience implementing shared engineering capabilities, reusable automation patterns, or platform integrations used across multiple teams
• Experience engineering solutions in highly regulated environments with strong SDLC, risk, audit, and control requirements
• Ability to work effectively with architects, platform teams, security partners, and delivery teams to translate standards into practical implementation patterns and working solutions
• AI-Assisted Engineering, SDLC Tooling & Automation: Hands-on experience with GitHub Copilot and related AI-assisted development workflows to improve code authoring, refactoring, documentation, and engineering efficiency
• Practical knowledge of LangGraph and Semantic Kernel / Microsoft Agent Framework for building and integrating orchestrated AI workflows, tool connections, or engineering automation use cases
• Experience implementing SDLC automation patterns that connect AI-assisted capabilities to source control, build, test, release, and developer workflow systems
• Strong understanding of practical engineering productivity improvements enabled by AI, including reduced manual effort, faster iteration, and improved delivery consistency
• Code & Test Generation, CI/CD Integration & Delivery Workflows: Experience using AI-assisted capabilities for code and test generation, including unit tests, test scaffolding, refactoring support, and developer-facing accelerators
• Strong foundation in CI/CD integration, with the ability to embed AI-enabled workflows into build, validation, pull request, release, and quality control processes
• Ability to implement delivery workflows that balance automation speed with traceability, control, and supportability in enterprise engineering environments
• Secure Coding, Standards & Enterprise Enablement: Hands-on collaboration with security, platform, and delivery teams to apply secure coding practices, review patterns, and controls to AI-assisted engineering workflows
• Strong understanding of enterprise engineering standards, practical guardrails, and implementation patterns that enable safe and consistent adoption of AI capabilities
• Experience integrating AI-assisted development capabilities with existing enterprise platforms and workflows in ways that are supportable, governed, and maintainable
• Familiarity with rollout patterns, onboarding, documentation, and developer enablement approaches that improve adoption and responsible use of AI-assisted tooling
• Implementation Impact, Adoption & Engineering Productivity: Ability to implement reusable patterns, automation components, and developer enablement approaches that improve productivity, consistency, and speed to value
• Proven track record delivering engineering capabilities from pilot to adoption through measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, code quality, automation, and developer experience
• Demonstrated success connecting AI-assisted engineering investments to reduced manual effort, improved test coverage, faster cycle times, and stronger delivery outcomes
• Experience evaluating implementation options, tool fitness, and workflow design choices to guide teams toward practical, scalable, and supportable engineering use cases

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field

Desired Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a technical discipline or equivalent record of senior engineering experience in developer tooling, software delivery automation, AI-assisted engineering, or enterprise platform integration

Skills

• Automation
• Influence
• Result Orientation
• Stakeholder Management
• Technical Strategy Development
• Application Development
• Architecture
• Business Acumen
• Risk Management
• Solution Design
• Agile Practices
• Analytical Thinking
• Collaboration
• Data Management
• Solution Delivery Process