Sr. Principal Engineer

Minneapolis, MN, US • Posted 21 hours ago • Updated 9 hours ago
Full Time
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Skills

  • Scalability
  • Workflow
  • Orchestration
  • Cost Control
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Systems Design
  • FOCUS
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Knowledge Sharing
  • Managed Services
  • Operational Risk
  • Prototyping
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Problem Solving
  • Software Engineering
  • IT Management
  • Cloud Computing
  • Messaging
  • Kubernetes
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Evaluation
  • Encryption
  • Computer Networking
  • Data Security
  • Java
  • C#
  • Python
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Financial Services
  • Optimization
  • Mentorship
  • Coaching
  • Artificial Intelligence

Summary

We're looking for a Principal Engineer to help shape secure, scalable, and resilient multi-cloud systems while driving forward next-generation AI capabilities. This is a hands-on technical leadership opportunity focused on modern architecture, generative AI, and reusable engineering patterns across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform environments.
Responsibilities
  • Design and guide highly available, fault-tolerant distributed systems across multiple cloud platforms.
  • Define reference architectures, engineering standards, and reusable platform patterns that support long-term scalability.
  • Lead modernization efforts for applications, data platforms, APIs, event-driven services, and integration frameworks.
  • Architect and integrate generative AI solutions using leading foundation model platforms and services.
  • Develop secure approaches for retrieval-augmented generation, agentic workflows, prompt orchestration, evaluation, observability, and cost control.
  • Partner closely with engineering, architecture, security, infrastructure, data, compliance, and business teams.
  • Support system design with a strong focus on resiliency, disaster recovery, data protection, regulatory needs, and responsible AI practices.
  • Mentor senior and junior engineers through technical reviews, guidance, and knowledge-sharing.
  • Evaluate architecture tradeoffs related to portability, managed services, performance, operational risk, and cloud spend.
  • Stay hands-on with prototypes, implementation decisions, and technical problem-solving for the most complex initiatives.
Skills
  • 10+ years of software engineering experience with significant technical leadership responsibility.
  • Strong background in distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, APIs, messaging, containers, Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code.
  • Deep experience with Azure and working knowledge of AWS; exposure to Google Cloud Platform is also valuable.
  • Hands-on experience building generative AI applications with foundation models such as Anthropic Claude or comparable services.
  • Practical experience with RAG, vector search, model gateways, agent frameworks, prompt engineering, model evaluation, guardrails, and AI observability.
  • Experience designing secure systems in a regulated industry environment.
  • Strong knowledge of identity, encryption, networking, data protection, operational resiliency, secure development, and responsible AI controls.
  • Proficiency in a modern programming language such as Java, C#, Go, or Python.
  • Ability to influence senior stakeholders while remaining collaborative, solution-oriented, and hands-on.
Preferred Skills
  • Experience with Amazon Bedrock and AgentCore.
  • Background supporting financial services or other highly regulated organizations.
  • Experience establishing engineering standards and reusable enterprise patterns across multiple teams.
  • Familiarity with model risk, AI governance, and cost optimization practices.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and strengthening technical teams through coaching and review.

Horizontal is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where every team member is respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and experiences who are excited to contribute their perspective, expertise, and creativity.

By applying for this position, you acknowledge and agree that Horizontal Talent may contact you regarding your application using automated technology, including phone calls, SMS/text messages, or email, which may be delivered by our virtual AI recruiter, Alex.
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
  • Dice Id: 10123528
  • Position Id: 75366
  • Posted 21 hours ago

Company Info

About Horizontal Talent

Horizontal Integration offers two service lines. Our staffing agency places IT, digital and creative talent in both contract and permanent roles. Our digital agency provides digital marketing strategy and technology consulting on a project basis. Many of our clients take advantage of both service lines.

We are a certified Minority Business Enterprise, with more than 200 employees across our offices in Minneapolis, Denver, Dallas and Vadodara, India. We ve been consistently growing and profitable since the company was founded in 2003.

Honors:
Recognized as a "2009 Best Place to Work" by Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal.

Fact:
Our people and our organization are deeply rooted in IT and interactive marketing.

Horizontal is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We seek to provide employment opportunities to talented, qualified candidates regardless of race, color, sex/gender including gender identity and/or expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under federal, state or local law.

In addition, Horizontal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request a reasonable accommodation in order to complete the application or interview process, please contact us. All applicants applying must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment.

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