Principal AI & Data Engineer — Production AI Agents

UpRecruit; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

UpRecruit is seeking a Principal Engineer — AI & Data in Phoenix (Hybrid) to own the architecture for a unified data layer and production AI agents. You will lead deployment, reliability, and governance, partnering with leadership to realize an ambitious AI vision.

You’ll design scalable data architectures, deploy AI agents across systems, and collaborate with IT, compliance, and business heads to drive adoption and secure usage of AI technologies.

Qualifications

• Greenfield experience building unified data architectures
• Deployment of AI agents into production
• Strong software engineering fundamentals
• Experience in Microsoft/Azure environments
• Familiarity with LangGraph and Semantic Kernel

Responsibilities

• Design and build a unified data layer connecting business applications, documents, spreadsheets, and email
• Build enterprise search and retrieval tools that make firm knowledge accessible and useful
• Deploy AI agents that execute multi-step workflows and take actions across business systems
• Automate deal intake, document summaries, underwriting preparation, and operational tasks
• Own implementation, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing reliability
• Establish data quality, governance, permissions, and secure access in a Microsoft/Azure environment
• Partner with department heads and internal stakeholders to prioritize opportunities and drive adoption
• Collaborate with IT and compliance to ensure secure, responsible AI use

Skills

Unified data architectures

AI agents deployment

Software engineering

Azure environment

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Azure

Job description

UpRecruit is seeking a Principal Engineer — AI & Data in Phoenix (Hybrid) to own the architecture for a unified data layer and production AI agents. You will lead deployment, reliability, and governance, partnering with leadership to realize an ambitious AI vision.

You’ll design scalable data architectures, deploy AI agents across systems, and collaborate with IT, compliance, and business heads to drive adoption and secure usage of AI technologies.