Principal AI & Emerging Tech Engineer (Remote)

CSAA; Colorado; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total compensation package

Annual bonus eligibility

401(k) with company match

Job summary

CSAA Insurance Group (CSAA IG) is hiring a Principal Software Engineer focused on Emerging Technology and AI. This remote role is open nationwide in the United States, with Hawaii and Alaska excluded.

You will lead hands-on technical work, prototype rapid solutions, mentor engineers, and drive architecture decisions across platforms and teams. You will evaluate AI platforms, design proofs of concept, and help scale successful experiments into production-grade patterns while working with

Qualifications

• Requires Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 10+ years software engineering experience.
• Deep knowledge of cloud-native services and modern development tooling.
• Experience with AI/ML, GenAI, and enterprise-scale experimentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead emerging tech experiments, prototypes, and pilots for enterprise use cases.
• Mentor engineers and provide architectural guidance across projects.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture on platform fit, security, and governance.
• Translate experiments into scalable patterns and reusable guidance.
• Partner with AI Strategy, Security, Data, and delivery teams.

Skills

Cloud-native services

Jenkins

Maven

Java/J2EE

Python

Node.js

JavaScript/TypeScript

React

GenAI

AI experimentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, technology, or related field

10+ years of progressive software engineering experience

Tools

AWS Lambda

DynamoDB

S3

Job description

CSAA Insurance Group (CSAA IG) is hiring a Principal Software Engineer focused on Emerging Technology and AI. This remote role is open nationwide in the United States, with Hawaii and Alaska excluded.

You will lead hands-on technical work, prototype rapid solutions, mentor engineers, and drive architecture decisions across platforms and teams. You will evaluate AI platforms, design proofs of concept, and help scale successful experiments into production-grade patterns while working with