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Principal AI Engineer

Senior AI engineer to build and run scalable LLM and agent systems and set the technical roadmap at a large financial services company in McLean.

About the role

A large financial services company in McLean is hiring for this role. You will own the design, build, deployment and support of scalable AI systems, and you will shape the technical roadmap while mentoring senior AI engineers.

What you'll do

  • Design, build, deploy and support scalable AI systems, including foundation models and LLM inference.
  • Build agent workflows, similarity search, guardrails and evaluation.
  • Lead optimization and cost-performance governance across AI systems.
  • Shape the technical roadmap for the AI platform.
  • Mentor senior AI engineers and make sure systems meet engineering standards.

What you bring

  • Deep experience designing and deploying AI systems in production.
  • Hands-on work with foundation models, LLM inference and agent workflows.
  • Experience with similarity search, guardrails and model evaluation.
  • Track record of leading technical direction and mentoring senior engineers.

Details

  • Location: McLean, United States
  • Type: Full-time

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