FULL-TIME Role || Principal AI Engineer

Arlington, VA, US • Posted 1 day ago • Updated 5 hours ago
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Skills

  • Artificial Intelligence

Summary


Role

Principal AI Engineer

Location

Arlington, VA (100% Onsite)

Duration

Full-Time ROLE

Interview Note

Individual Contributor (No Direct Reports).

Greenfield AI Engineering team.

Must be highly hands-on with AI/ML architecture, LLMs, Agentic AI, and production deployments.

Qualifications (Required)

  • 10+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Data Engineering, or Machine Learning Engineering with a strong background as a Senior Individual Contributor or Technical Leader.
  • Hands-on experience designing, building, and deploying production AI/ML systems at scale.
  • Advanced experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) including:
    • Self-hosting open-weight models
    • Fine-tuning
    • Quantization
    • Inference optimization & model serving
  • Strong experience architecting Agentic AI systems and orchestration patterns.
  • Expert-level Python with modern AI/ML frameworks and tooling.
  • Experience with both Cloud and On-Prem GPU infrastructure.
  • Ability to define technical architecture, engineering standards, and design patterns for AI platforms.
  • Proven ability to lead technical decisions and influence engineering teams without direct authority.
  • Experience mentoring senior engineers.

Preferred Skills

  • Databricks
  • Apache Kafka
  • LangGraph, CrewAI, or other Agent Frameworks
  • Experience building custom ML models (Neural Networks, smaller ML models) in addition to LLMs.
  • Ontology / Semantic Modeling
  • Experience deploying AI/ML solutions in Operational Technology (OT), Industrial, or Safety-Critical environments.
  • Industry experience in Energy, LNG, Manufacturing, or Heavy Industrial domains.

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  • Dice Id: 91091709
  • Position Id: TP 1309-1318-1784581911
  • Posted 1 day ago
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