Hiring: Principal AI Engineer – Agentic Systems | Irvine, CA (Hybrid) | W2 Only

Job Description

Role: Principal AI Engineer – Agentic Systems & LLM Platforms (W2 Only)
Duration: 6+ Months
Location: Irvine, CA (Hybrid)

Must Have Skills:

• Strong programming in Python (Java/Go/TypeScript is a plus)
• Hands-on experience with LLM applications in production (tool calling, structured outputs, RAG, evaluation)
• Experience with agentic systems / multi-agent workflows
• Strong in distributed systems & APIs (REST, RPC, Kafka, SQS, Pub/Sub)
• Knowledge of vector databases, hybrid search, knowledge graphs
• Cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP) + Docker, Kubernetes
• Solid data engineering fundamentals (SQL, data modeling)
• Experience with LLM evaluation (A/B testing, adversarial testing, eval frameworks)
• Familiarity with Codex / AI coding assistants

Core Responsibilities:

• Design and build agentic AI systems (planner-executor, multi-agent orchestration)
• Develop RAG pipelines for enterprise data (policies, rules, documents)
• Integrate LLMs with ML models (fraud, risk, decisioning systems)
• Implement AI safety & guardrails (PII, prompt injection, auditability, HITL)
• Drive LLMOps/MLOps (CI/CD, monitoring, telemetry, evaluation pipelines)
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentor engineers

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.