Principal AI Software Engineer

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**Job Description Summary**
We are seeking a highly accomplished Principal AI Software Engineer who has mastered AI-augmented development and can drive technical excellence across our organization.

This senior leadership role requires someone who combines exceptional technical depth with strategic thinking, leading the development of complex AI-native applications while setting technical direction and mentoring engineering teams.

You'll be responsible for architecting enterprise-scale systems, driving cross-team technical initiatives, and establishing the standards that define how our organization builds AI-powered software.

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of professional software development experience with proven expertise in designing and shipping large-scale production applications that incorporate LLMs and AI services.

This is a Principal-level position requiring strong technical leadership, systems thinking, and the ability to influence technical decisions across multiple teams and product areas.

As a GE Vernova accelerator, GE Vernova Advanced Research is driving strategy and leading research & development efforts to execute on the business’s mission to help power the energy transition.

We forge the collaborations and help invent the technologies required to electrify and decarbonize for a zero-carbon future.

Representing virtually every major scientific and engineering discipline, our researchers are collaborating with GE Vernova’s businesses, the U.S. government, and more than 420 entities at the forefront of technology to execute on 150+ energy focused projects.

Collectively, these research programs and initiatives aim to solve near term technical challenges, deliver next generation product advances, and drive long term breakthrough innovation to enable more affordable, reliable, sustainable, and secure energy.

**Job Description**

**Key job responsibilities**

As a Principal AI Software Engineer, you will drive technical strategy and excellence across multiple initiatives while leading complex AI system development.

Strategic Technical Leadership:

+ Define and drive technical vision and architecture for AI-native applications across multiple product areas
+ Act as an enabler for successful execution of identified projects
+ Lead cross-functional technical initiatives, collaborating with engineering leadership, product management, and data science teams
+ Establish technical standards, design patterns, and best practices for AI-augmented development across the organization
+ Drive technical decision-making for complex systems that span multiple teams and products
+ Make decisions with confidence when problems or solutions are not well defined
+ Manage risk and uncertainty for self and team within a dynamic priority-setting environment
+ Contribute as a thought leader within the team, and help to refine current state as well as future state plans and product roadmaps

**Advanced AI Systems Architecture:**

+ Design and architect enterprise-scale full stack applications with sophisticated AI integrations across natural language processing, computer vision, and predictive analytics
+ Lead the development of complex, multi-tenant AI systems serving millions of users with high availability and performance requirements
+ Architect advanced RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems, agentic workflows, and autonomous AI architectures
+ Design cost-efficient, scalable LLM integration strategies across multiple providers with advanced optimization and failover mechanisms
+ Establish frameworks for AI model evaluation, A/B testing, and performance optimization at enterprise scale

**Cross-Team Technical Influence:**

+ Drive adoption of emerging AI technologies and evaluate their strategic impact on product development
+ Lead technical due diligence and integration planning for major AI technology decisions
+ Collaborate with external partners, vendors, and research institutions on cutting-edge AI initiatives
+ Establish monitoring, observability, and cost management frameworks for AI systems across the organization
+ Contribute to open source projects and represent the company at technical conferences and industry events

**Engineering Excellence & Innovation:**

+ Champion engineering best practices including comprehensive testing, code quality, security, and scalability standards
+ Expert in Agile Development
+ Lead investigation and proof-of-concept development for emerging AI technologies and methodologies
+ Drive technical innovation initiatives that differentiate our AI capabilities in the market
+ Establish and maintain technical documentation, architectural decision records, and knowledge sharing practices
+ Lead incident response and post-mortem processes for complex AI system issues

**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS**

+ Master’s Degree in Electrical, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics or related field
+ 10+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
+ 12+ years of programming using JavaScript/TypeScript and multiple backend languages (Python preferred, Node.js, Java, or Go)
+ 6+ years of experience with modern front-end frameworks (React, Vue, or Angular) and advanced state management patterns
+ Proven track record designing and shipping complex production applications that incorporate LLMs or AI services at enterprise scale (1M+ users)
+ Advanced expertise in prompt engineering, model optimization, and deep understanding of AI system limitations and capabilities
+ Demonstrated experience with agentic workflows and autonomous AI system architectures
+ 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), orchestration, and infrastructure as code (GitOps)
+ Strong background in system design, scalability, and performance optimization for high-traffic applications
+ Must be willing to work out of an office located in Niskayuna, NY.
+ Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required.

We will not sponsor individuals at the Bachelor’s level for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
+ Must be 18 years or older.
+ You must submit your application for employment on the careers page at www.

(https://wd5.myworkday.com/ge/d/inst/15$165509/www.gecareers.com) careers.gevernova.com to be considered.

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS**

+ 18+ years of full software development lifecycle experience, including architecture design, technical leadership, and large-scale system optimization
+ Expert-level experience with vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector) and advanced embedding model optimization
+ Deep expertise with multiple LLM providers and advanced AI orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, custom frameworks)
+ 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
+ Track record of building and scaling AI-powered features for 10M+ users with high availability requirements
+ Expert knowledge of AI observability tools, cost optimization strategies, and performance monitoring at enterprise scale
+ Master's degree or PhD in computer science, AI/ML, or equivalent advanced technical education
+ Extensive experience with agent architectures, autonomous AI systems, and cutting-edge agentic workflow implementations
+ Background in machine learning research, AI safety, or advanced AI system design
+ Experience with technical strategy development and technology roadmap planning

**Technical Stack**

Languages: Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, SQL, Go/Rust (for performance-critical components)
Frontend: React/Next.js, Vue.js, Advanced CSS frameworks, Progressive Web Apps, Micro-frontends
Backend: Node.js/Express, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, Event-driven architectures, Microservices
AI/ML: OpenAI API, Anthropic Claude API, Advanced LangChain implementations, pgvector, Pinecone, Custom model deployments, Advanced agentic workflow frameworks
Infrastructure: Enterprise AWS/Azure services, Advanced Kubernetes, Service mesh, Infrastructure as Code, Multi-region deployments
Development Tools: GitHub Copilot, Advanced AI-assisted development environments, Custom tooling and automation
Monitoring: Enterprise observability platforms, Advanced LLM cost monitoring, Performance optimization tools, Custom analytics

The salary range for this position is $200,000 - $300,000 USD, annually.

The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s experience, their education, and the work location.

This position is also eligible for a performance bonus.

This position will remain posted until at least October 5th, 2025.

GE provides a comprehensive benefits package that provides access to plans which support the overall wellbeing of our employees and their dependents.

These benefits include, but are not limited to, health care coverage (medical, dental, vision, pharmacy), a retirement plan that includes Company Retirement Savings and a 401K with Company matching, Life Insurance options, Disability coverage, paid time-off, EAP, and more.

GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation.

GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights_10_20.pdf) .

Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening.

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

**Relocation Assistance Provided:** Yes
GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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