Principal AI engineer (Hybrid)

Location: Seattle, WA

Country: United States

Salary: $65-$70

Start Date:

Description:

Position : Principal AI Engineer

Location : Seattle, WA (Onsite – Hybrid role)

Experience : 10+ Years

Employment Type : Contract


Purpose of the Role

  • Define’s Client enterprise AI strategy and architecture, including platform selection, LLM evaluation, governance model, technical standards, and alignment with Client’s long-term digital and analytics roadmap.


• Required Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in software development with significant focus on AI architecture and system design
  • Proven experience designing distributed, scalable, and high-availability systems
  • Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure
  • Proficiency in Python
  • Mandatory healthcare domain experience, preferably in the Payer domain
  • 1–2 years of hands-on GenAI experience, specifically on Azure, with production deployment exposure
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD and infrastructure automation, including Azure Pipelines and Bicep
  • Terraform experience acceptable with readiness to transition to Bicep
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

  • Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert)
  • Experience working with regulated environments (HIPAA compliance)
  • Exposure to multi-cloud or hybrid cloud architectures
  • Experience influencing architecture decisions at an enterprise level