Principal AI & Automation Engineer - Hands-On, End-to-End

Verizon; Basking Ridge (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Verizon is hiring a Principal Automation Engineer focused on AI and agentic workflows. This hands-on role develops and ships production software, creates scalable AI toolchains, and builds data plumbing across enterprise systems for rapid value delivery.

You will work with cross-functional teams to demonstrate and iterate features weekly, delivering measurable business impact and driving innovation in security software.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through work, military or training.
• 5+ years of experience building and shipping production software end-to-end.
• Experience shipping LLM applications to end users.

Responsibilities

• Build applications from specifications: deliver working software as a hands-on contributor.
• Build and operate the AI toolchain with repeatable spec-to-build loops.
• Scale automation through agentic workflows on Kairos platform.
• Build data plumbing across SQL Server, BigQuery/EDW, Looker, and APIs.
• Prove concepts with shadow testing, metrics, and LOE approval paths.
• Demo, ship, and iterate weekly to stakeholders.

Skills

Autonomous developer

AI toolchain

Production software

End-to-end delivery

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Four+ years of work experience

Job description

Verizon is hiring a Principal Automation Engineer focused on AI and agentic workflows. This hands-on role develops and ships production software, creates scalable AI toolchains, and builds data plumbing across enterprise systems for rapid value delivery.

You will work with cross-functional teams to demonstrate and iterate features weekly, delivering measurable business impact and driving innovation in security software.