Principal Engineer - AI/ML Engineer

Verizon • Irving, TX

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Enterprise AI Control Plane team is seeking a hands-on architectural engineer to build systems connecting Verizon’s AI developer platforms, including AWS Bedrock and Atlas AI, with governance hubs such as Engram and Agent Registry. The role designs and builds robust APIs, automated CI/CD guardrails, and real-time observability telemetry to help ensure autonomous agents operate safely at enterprise scale.

The engineer works with AI Platform Engineers, DevOps and DataOps teams, Data Scientists, and AI product developers across business units to integrate models into the governance framework. The position also covers agent simulation, production LLM telemetry, and secure identity, access, and routing capabilities for autonomous workflows.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant experience, demonstrated through work and/or military experience or specialized training.
• Experience in LLM operationalization, orchestration frameworks, model evaluation frameworks, agentic workflows, and automated safety testing.
• Experience in cloud architecture, including AWS Bedrock.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, AI/ML, or a related field.
• Six or more years of platform engineering, applied ML engineering, or AI science experience.
• Advanced programming skills in Python and Kubernetes.
• Advanced knowledge of CI/CD deployment tools.
• Knowledge of automated safety testing and Agentic Identity & Access Management.

Responsibilities

• Architect and code automated CI/CD governance pipelines that incorporate Security and Responsible AI, Integrity, and Legal guardrails into the deployment lifecycle.
• Implement agent simulation and continuous real-time observability telemetry for production LLMs.
• Collaborate with AI Platform Engineers, DevOps and DataOps teams, Data Scientists, and AI product developers across business units to integrate models into the governance framework.
• Architect identity and access management and routing logic within the Agent Gateway to provide secure access boundaries for autonomous workflows.
• Build API integrations between developer platforms such as Vegas and Atlas AI and governance hubs such as Engram and Agent Registry.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, basic and supplemental life insurance, and AD&D insurance.
• Identity theft protection, pet insurance, and group home and auto insurance.
• Matched 401(k) savings plan.
• Up to 8 company-paid holidays and up to 6 personal days per year.
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption assistance.
• Tuition assistance.
• New hires receive up to 15 vacation days per year, increasing with additional service.
• Potential incentive compensation and premium pay, depending on role.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal