Technical Principal - GenAI

GM Financial • Irving, TX

16h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Principal AI Engineer is a hands‑on technical leader and thought partner who guides teams in designing, building, and delivering enterprise‑grade Generative AI solutions, including agentic systems, multi‑agent orchestration, and Retrieval‑Augmented Generation architectures. This role partners closely with product, enterprise architecture, security, and engineering leadership to ensure AI capabilities are scalable, reliable, compliant, and aligned with organizational standards. Success requires strong technical judgment, the ability to mentor and grow engineering talent, and a commitment to advancing responsible AI adoption across the enterprise.

Requirements

• Expertise in software engineering that includes architecture, development, and testing experience.
• Experience in a leadership capacity with direct mentorship or owning end to end solution delivery.
• Proven experience delivering production Generative AI applications using agentic architectures, RAG, and orchestration frameworks.
• Strong proficiency in Python and additional experience with C# or Java.
• Familiarity with LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar frameworks used for orchestration and agent-based systems.
• Experience designing microservices, APIs, automated deployment pipelines, and scalable distributed systems.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain and justify architectural decisions to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to craft clear deliverables such as presentations, using diagramming tools, reports and visual communication materials.
• Greater than 10 years in software engineering required, 2+ years in Gen AI and/or Agentic AI preferred
• 3-5 years leading through mentorship in Gen AI and/or Agentic AI required
• 3-5 years leading projects and initiatives through influence required
• High School Diploma or equivalent required

Nice To Haves

• Bachelors Degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Guide and grow an AI engineering team by fostering technical excellence, accountability, continuous learning, and strong architectural decision‑making; support hiring, onboarding, and skills development.
• Design, build, and deliver production‑ready Generative AI solutions, including agentic and multi-agent systems, RAG pipelines, orchestration frameworks, APIs, microservices, automated pipelines, and testing, with hands‑on contribution in Python, C#, or Java as needed.
• Define and standardize AI architecture, patterns, libraries, and development practices, selecting and applying cloud AI solutions aligned with enterprise technology strategy.
• Ensure AI solutions are secure, compliant, and responsible by embedding privacy, data governance, auditability, PII protection, risk mitigation, and model evaluation in collaboration with security, legal, compliance, and data governance teams.
• Partner with product, architecture, and engineering stakeholders to drive aligned solution direction, predictable delivery, and organization‑wide adoption of AI best practices.
• Drive innovation and thought leadership through continuous exploration of emerging Generative AI technologies, experimentation, proof-of-concepts, and internal knowledge sharing.

Benefits

• Generous benefits package available on day one to include: 401K matching, bonding leave for new parents (12 weeks, 100% paid), tuition assistance, training, GM employee auto discount, community service pay and nine company holidays.
• Competitive pay and bonus eligibility.
• Flexible hybrid work environment, 2 days a week in the office.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: High school or GED