Principal AI Software Engineer

GE Vernova•Town of Niskayuna, NY

74d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Principal AI Software Engineer, you will drive technical vision and architect enterprise AI applications for multiple initiatives across the company. You’ll integrate LLMs, agent workflows, NLP, computer vision, and predictive analytics to build secure, high-availability and cost-efficient AI based solutions. You’ll partner with product, data science, and engineering leaders, mentor teams, and raise standards in Agile, testing, security, and documentation. We support growth, autonomy, and collaboration across research and product.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field.
10+ years of programming experience in a relevant language using modern front-end frameworks (React, Vue, or Angular) and multiple backend languages (Python preferred, Java, Node.js or Go).
Proven track record designing and shipping production applications that incorporate LLMs or AI services at scale.
Experience with vector databases (e.g. Milvus, Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector) and advanced embedding model optimization in production applications.
Expertise with multiple LLM providers and advanced AI orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, custom frameworks).
Extensive experience leading technical teams, driving cross-team initiatives, and providing technical mentorship.
Expert-level experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and advanced containerization (EKS).
Must be willing to work out of an office located in Niskayuna, NY.

Nice To Haves

13+ years of full software development lifecycle experience, including architecture design, technical leadership, and large-scale system optimization.
Advanced understanding of enterprise RAG architectures, semantic search optimization, and conversation memory management at massive scale.
Experience with multi-modal AI integration, model fine-tuning, and deployment of custom AI models.
Experience with AI observability tools, cost optimization strategies, and performance monitoring at enterprise scale.
Experience with cross-organizational collaboration and influencing other teams’ directions and road maps.
Experience with technical strategy development and technology roadmap planning.

Responsibilities

Set AI architecture and technical vision across products.
Lead cross-team initiatives with product and data science.
Design RAG and agent workflows; optimize LLM integrations.
Build multi-tenant, high-availability systems with observability.
Establish AI cost management, monitoring, and security standards.

Benefits

medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource
access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services
GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants
tuition assistance
adoption assistance
paid parental leave
disability benefits
life insurance
12 paid holidays
permissive time off