Principal AI Software Engineer

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Job Description Summary 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. We support growth, autonomy, and collaboration across research and product. Job Description Responsibilities: Set AI architecture and technical vision across products. Lead cross-team initiatives with product and data science. Design RAG and agent workflows; optimize LLM integrations. Build multi-tenant, high-availability systems with observability. Establish AI cost management, monitoring, and security standards. Required Qualifications: 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). Extensive experience leading technical teams, driving cross-team initiatives, and providing technical mentorship. Expert-level experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and advanced containerization (EKS). Eligibility: Must be willing to work out of an office located in Niskayuna, NY or Cambridge, MA. Accelerated Immersion for Senior talent: Impact starts with a deep understanding of our core capabilities. For Cambridge, MA based resources, this position includes a required three-month (hybrid) onboarding residency at the GE Vernova Advanced Research Center in Niskayuna, NY. 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 t…