Principal AI Engineer - Hybrid

Salary: $178,880 - 199,680 per year Requirements:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience in computer science, engineering, artificial intelligence, or a related field
• 7–10+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, AI engineering, or a related technical discipline
• Proven ability to design and deliver production-quality AI, LLM, or developer-platform capabilities
• Hands-on experience with cloud-based AI services, such as GCP Gemini and Vertex AI, or comparable model platforms
• Extensive knowledge of AI agent architecture, reusable orchestration patterns, shared integrations, and cross-team platform consumption
• Strong enterprise software development experience with Java and Spring Boot, plus working knowledge of React.js for single-page applications
• Experience designing and integrating secure REST APIs and OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect authorization flows
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, CI/CD, observability, reliability, security, privacy, and responsible AI practices
• Experience using Claude Code and GitHub Copilot in engineering workflows is desired
• Experience building or integrating MCP servers and clients, enabling agent-to-agent communication, and using LLM integration libraries or SDKs such as Google ADK, Spring AI, LangChain, or LangChain4j is desired
• Familiarity with Gemini Agent Platform / Vertex AI, model governance controls, AI service observability on GCP, containerization, microservices, cloud-native architecture, Harness, Azure DevOps, and Agile/Scrum is desired
• Candidates must be available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees

• Lead the design, architecture, development, integration, operationalization, and support of AI tools and platforms used by developers across the company
• Provide technical expertise and development leadership for enterprise AI platforms, agent frameworks, and developer productivity capabilities
• Drive strategic initiatives involving GCP, Gemini, Vertex AI, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, MCP servers, A2A integrations, and agentic frameworks
• Design reusable AI platform services, orchestration patterns, reference implementations, and shared integration components
• Integrate and operationalize AI services with cloud, security, and enterprise technology platforms
• Establish secure, scalable, observable, performant, and maintainable patterns for custom agents and AI tool integrations
• Guide, train, and support engineering teams building, deploying, and operating custom agents
• Define framework lifecycle practices for versioning, releases, documentation, adoption, support, and ongoing improvement
• Promote responsible AI, privacy, access control, governance, cost management, and model-risk practices
• Lead observability for GCP-hosted services, including logging, metrics, token utilization, tracing, and operational health
• Partner with product management, security, architecture, and business teams to shape the AI platform roadmap and align delivery with enterprise needs
• Mentor junior engineers, identify training needs, and lead the team through the full product development and delivery lifecycle

• AI
• Azure
• CI/CD
• Claude Code
• Cloud
• Copilot
• DevOps
• GCP
• GitHub
• Support
• Java
• LLM
• MCP
• Network
• OAuth
• OpenID
• REST
• React
• Security
• Spring
• Spring Boot
• microservices
• AI Agents

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We are recruiting a Principal AI Engineer for a contract-to-hire role with a regional financial institution in Columbus, Ohio. The position is part of the Engineering Frameworks Team and is a hands-on engineering role focused on GCP, Gemini and Vertex AI, Claude Code, Copilot, MCP servers, Java Spring Boot, and React.js. Compensation is $86–$96 per hour on W-2, based on qualifications. We are Genesis10, a staffing firm serving clients across the United States through contract, contract-to-hire, and permanent placement roles. For contract roles, we offer access to a broad client network, an experienced recruiting team, a behavioral health platform, medical, dental and vision coverage, a health savings account, voluntary insurance options, a 401(k), applicable sick pay, and commuter benefits in select locations. We are an equal opportunity employer.

last updated 40 week of 2026