Principal AI Software Engineer

As a Principal AI Software Engineer, you will drive technical vision and architect enterprise AI applications for multiple initiatives across the company. You'll integrate LLMs, agent workflows, NLP, computer vision, and predictive analytics to build secure, high-availability and cost-efficient AI based solutions.
You'll partner with product, data science, and engineering leaders, mentor teams, and raise standards in Agile, testing, security, and documentation. Set AI architecture and technical vision across products.
Lead cross-team initiatives with product and data science.
Establish AI cost management, monitoring, and security standards.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field.
~10+ years of programming experience in a relevant language using modern front-end frameworks (React, Vue, or Angular) and multiple backend languages (Python preferred, Java, Node.js or Go).
~ Proven track record designing and shipping production applications that incorporate LLMs or AI services at scale.
~ Experience with vector databases (e.g. Milvus, Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector) and advanced embedding model optimization in production applications.
~ Expertise with multiple LLM providers and advanced AI orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, custom frameworks).
~ Expert-level experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and advanced containerization (EKS).

Must be willing to work out of an office located in Niskayuna, NY or Cambridge, MA.
This immersive program allows our senior talent to establish a strong technical foundation, collaborate with our premier scientists and engineers, and align with our mission to lead the energy transition from the epicenter of our innovation hub. Travel, housing, and living stipend provided.

13+ years of full software development lifecycle experience, including architecture design, technical leadership, and large-scale system optimization.
~ Experience with multi-modal AI integration, model fine-tuning, and deployment of custom AI models.
~ Experience with AI observability tools, cost optimization strategies, and performance monitoring at enterprise scale.
~ Experience with technical strategy development and technology roadmap planning.

Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.
Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.
This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.