Principal AI Engineer (Agentic AI GenAI)
Job Location:
McLean, MD - USA
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Job Summary
Principal AI Engineer (Agentic AI / GenAI)
Location: McLean VA (Open to Richmond VA) - Onsite
Type: Contract (7 Months possible extension)
Interview: Virtual
NOTE:
Need only a local candidate with a DL copy
LinkedIn with location
Ex Capital One first preference OR someone strong with recent financial project
Position Overview
We are seeking a Principal AI Engineer to lead the development of production-grade Agentic AI solutions. This is a highly hands-on builder role requiring deep expertise in Generative AI Python backend development and AWS cloud architecture.
The ideal candidate will focus on transforming LLM-based prototypes into scalable secure enterprise-ready systems.
Required Experience
- 10 years of Software Engineering experience
- 7 years of strong Python backend development
- 2 years hands-on experience with LLMs (Claude GPT Llama)
- 5 years of AWS cloud architecture and development
Technical Skills
AI / GenAI
- LLMs: Claude GPT-series Llama
- Frameworks: LangChain LangGraph
- Hugging Face Transformers PEFT
Agentic AI
- Multi-agent systems tool usage function calling state management
Backend
- Python 3.10 FastAPI Pydantic
- Asynchronous programming
Cloud (AWS)
- Amazon Bedrock SageMaker
- AWS Lambda (Serverless AI)
- RDS / pgvector
Observability & Evaluation
- LangSmith OpenTelemetry
- Ragas DeepEval
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Strong hands-on AI builder not just theoretical knowledge
- Experience taking GenAI solutions from prototype to production
- Deep understanding of RAG agent orchestration and LLM lifecycle
- Proven ability to build scalable secure enterprise AI systems
