Staff/Principal AI Software Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Staff/Principal AI Software Engineer | Business Services | Hybrid in Sandy Springs, GA

Do you want to play a pivotal role in driving innovation? We are seeking a top-tier Staff or Senior Principal Engineer to sit at the absolute top of the food chain regarding development capability and architectural influence. This is a heavy product development role (not an integration role) focused on building out a new suite of tactical network products. You will help define how GenAI is utilized across the software development lifecycle, ensuring our mission-critical platforms perform flawlessly under real-world, zero-failure conditions. You must thrive in a fast-changing environment and be able to pivot quickly as product needs evolve.

Job Details

• Compensation: Up to $175,000 Base + 10% Annual Bonus

• Location: Sandy Springs, GA / Atlanta 30328

• Hybrid: 2 days/week in office, Thursdays required

• Relocation Assistance Available

• 100% Remote for exceptional candidates

• US Citizenship required - Must be eligible to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance; active clearance is not required to start

What Youll Be Doing

• Serve as a major technical advisor on architecture decisions, code quality, and system integrity across an entire suite of products.

• Review, correct, and harden AI-generated code for production use; detect hallucinations and structural flaws before they reach mission-critical tactical systems.

• Lead large-scale system architecture across edge AI systems, data pipelines, control planes, and real-time operational platforms.

• Architect distributed systems designed to perform reliably under the most demanding operational conditions (unreliable connectivity, edge compute).

What Were Looking For

• Backend Expertise: Expert-level software engineering experience in Python, Go, OR Rust.

• AI/GenAI Experience: Deep, hands-on experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, and model evaluation.

• Architecture: Strong distributed systems background (event-driven architectures, fault tolerance, eventual consistency) and a proven ability to think in systems and end-to-end architecture.

• Adaptability: High flexibility to pivot and thrive in a rapid-prototyping, fast-changing product environment.

• Highly Preferred:

• Strong proficiency in modern web development using React and/or TypeScript.

• Edge AI or offline AI systems experience.

• Background in tactical, defense, or constrained-environment engineering.

Why Partner With TRC Talent Solutions For This Role?

At TRC Talent Solutions, we specialize in connecting elite IT and Engineering professionals with career-defining opportunities. We are actively partnering with a highly agile, ~80-person technology company (with a heavy engineering hub of 50 right here in Atlanta) that builds mission-critical data management and edge computing software. Focused on planning and managing tactical networks for the defense and government sectors, their team is highly collaborative, fast-paced, and deeply rooted in the local tech community.

TRC Talent Solutions is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. At TRC, we take pride in fulfilling our opportunity to add value to our client's business as their staffing partner, while working tirelessly to connect thousands of individuals each year with work opportunities where they can meet the needs of their families and have the potential to build their careers.