Principal AI engineer Seattle, WA (Onsite – Hybrid role)

Seattle, Washington, United StatesHybridFull TimePrincipal$65–$70 /hrPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Role summary

Seeking a Principal AI Engineer for a hybrid, contract role in Seattle, WA. The primary responsibility is to define the enterprise AI strategy and architecture, including platform selection, LLM evaluation, governance, and technical standards, ensuring alignment with the company's digital and analytics roadmap. Requires 10+ years in software development with a focus on AI architecture and system design, experience with distributed/scalable systems, Python, Microsoft Azure, and mandatory healthcare/payer domain experience. Must have 1-2 years of GenAI experience with production deployment exposure and CI/CD/infrastructure automation skills (Azure Pipelines, Bicep).

Principal AI engineer

Location:
Unknown

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.

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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

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