Principal AI Engineer - Pittsburgh

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$210,000 - $310,000 (USD) per year *
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Lead AI Engineer - LLM/GenAI/Agentic · Pittsburgh, PA (On‑site) · Full-Time · U.S. Citizenship Required · Up to 10% Travel · We are seeking an experienced Lead AI Engineer to join our AI/ML team as we scale agentic capabilities. Our bespoke platform and suite of AI-enabled appli ...
Job description
Lead AI Engineer - LLM/GenAI/Agentic

Pittsburgh, PA (On‑site)
Full-Time
U.S. Citizenship Required
Up to 10% Travel

We are seeking an experienced Lead AI Engineer to join our AI/ML team as we scale agentic capabilities. Our bespoke platform and suite of AI-enabled applications accelerate the decision-making process in real-time, all in one place.

What You'll Do
Design and build multi-agent systems, memory, routing, and planning.
Develop Agent Skills and tools as modular, composable services connected to backend systems, models, and data processing pipelines.
Contribute to automated evaluation and observability systems for agents, tools, workflows, and prompts across the entire product lifecycle.
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product and Engineering to deploy agentic systems.

Required Skills & Experience
Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Neuroscience, statistics or related field.
5+ years building and deploying ML or LLM-powered systems in production environments.
Hands-on experience designing autonomous multi-agent workflows that include state/action models for AI-driven interaction (agent-controlled UI, tool invocation, deterministic flows).
Experience with agent frameworks such as Claude Agent SDK or OpenAI Agent SDK.
Solid Python engineering skills.
Hands-on with MCP, LLM evaluation frameworks, deep learning, transformer architecture, agent orchestration, LangGraph.
A passion for coding agents and exploring new technologies.

Strong Candidates Have
Proven experience designing and deploying complex agentic systems using LLMs.
Hands-on work with multi-agent coordination, routing, and tool orchestration.
Demonstrated portfolio or project showing LLMs interacting with frontend interfaces agentically.
Passion for building, experimenting with, and optimizing agents.

Desired Qualifications
Experience in fast-paced startup environments.
Comfort with Claude Code SDK, and modern GenAI coding best practices.
Frameworks LangChain, AutoGen, Semantic Kernal.

About the Role
This is a full-time, on-site position based in Pittsburgh, PA, with occasional travel (up to 10%). You'll be joining a high-velocity team building the next generation of agentic AI systems. If you thrive in ambiguity, love building real agentic systems, and want to shape how LLMs interact with software interfaces at scale, this role is for you


Benefits:
Employees manage their time off - unlimited sick days and PTO.
Professional Development - Tuition reimbursement towards advanced education and specialized certifications.
401k with 4% and immediate vesting.

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