Principal Machine Learning Engineer (GenAI AI Architecture)

Raleigh, WV - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 10 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Principal Machine Learning Engineer (GenAI / AI Architecture)

Location: Hybrid Raleigh NC - 2 days onsite

6 12 month contract to hire

What This Person Will Actually Do

This is a Principal level IC role with minimal hands on coding.

Core responsibilities:

- Set technical direction for LLM RAG and GenAI adoption across multiple teams
- Evaluate and recommend AI architectures tools and frameworks
- Help decompose business and product requirements into clear technology decisions
- Advise teams on best practices for AI agents ensuring quality and avoiding AI slop
- Support teams as they build (guidance and review) but not execute the build themselves
- Act as a trusted advisor to engineering and product leadership during fast moving technical change

Technical Environment & Expectations

- Cloud: AWS (current standard) but candidate must not be locked into one cloud or toolset
- Languages:
  - Python is the most relevant
  - Exposure to Java / .NET ecosystems is important (for legacy alignment)

- AI / GenAI:
  - LLMs
  - RAG
  - AI agents
  - Multi model strategies
- Candidate should be able to discuss multiple GenAI tools their tradeoffs pros/cons and use cases - not overly attached to one vendor or framework.

Must Have Skills (Recruiter Screening Criteria)

Senior / Principal level experience
Strong GenAI / LLM systems knowledge
Hands on background earlier in career now operating at architect / advisor level
Experience guiding teams through technology decisions (not just building solo)
Strong cloud based AI architecture understanding
Python development background

Principal Machine Learning Engineer (GenAI / AI Architecture) Location: Hybrid Raleigh NC - 2 days onsite 6 12 month contract to hire What This Person Will Actually Do This is a Principal level IC role with minimal hands on coding. Core responsibilities: Set technical...