Principal Agentic AI Platform Architect

Shipt; Birmingham (AL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Shipt is seeking a Principal Agentic Engineer in Gig Operations to architect and deploy the foundational Agentic AI platform across our national fulfillment network. You will collaborate with data science, engineering, and product teams to integrate autonomous reasoning loops into high-throughput microservices.

This role drives real-time routing, pay, and coverage while ensuring fiscal responsibility and compliance at scale.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of backend software development experience in high throughput, multi-region microservices.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and drive consensus.
• Strong mentorship abilities to develop staff and seniors into leaders.
• Experience with Python and/or Golang.
• Experience with SOA, microservices, and distributed architectures.
• Proven ability to deploy systems using LLMs beyond chat interfaces.
• Design evaluation strategies for agent performance and reliability.
• Familiarity with orchestration platforms and monitoring tools.

Skills

Backend development

Technical leadership

Mentorship

Python

Go (Golang)

SOA / microservices

LLMs deployment

Agent lifecycle design

Observability tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Google ADK

LangGraph

AutoGen

CrewAI

Job description

Shipt is seeking a Principal Agentic Engineer in Gig Operations to architect and deploy the foundational Agentic AI platform across our national fulfillment network. You will collaborate with data science, engineering, and product teams to integrate autonomous reasoning loops into high-throughput microservices.

This role drives real-time routing, pay, and coverage while ensuring fiscal responsibility and compliance at scale.