Principal AI Engineer — Cloud-Native Production Systems

Energy Transfer; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Transfer is seeking a hands-on AI Developer with strong Python or .NET expertise to join our Enterprise AI team in Houston. You will build, ship, and iterate production AI solutions in a fast-paced environment.

You will prototype, deploy, and own end-to-end systems, collaborating with AI engineers and business analysts to turn ideas into scalable cloud-native applications on Azure and Databricks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• Professional experience building production systems with Python or .NET.
• Strong cloud knowledge (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP acceptable).
• Hands-on experience with RAG pipelines and AI agents.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy, and maintain AI solutions using Python and/or .NET.
• Build AI agents using Copilot Studio or Semantic Kernel Agent Framework.
• Build and optimize cloud-native apps on Azure.
• Work with Databricks for large-scale data processing.
• Collaborate with engineers and analysts to productionize experiments.
• Evaluate model performance and improve system efficiency.
• Communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Prototype rapidly, test rigorously, and iterate often.

Skills

Python

C#/.NET

Azure

Databricks

AI/ML

Communication

Startup experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Copilot Studio

Semantic Kernel

Azure AI Foundry

Azure AI Search

Vector Databases

SQL

Job description

Energy Transfer is seeking a hands-on AI Developer with strong Python or .NET expertise to join our Enterprise AI team in Houston. You will build, ship, and iterate production AI solutions in a fast-paced environment.

You will prototype, deploy, and own end-to-end systems, collaborating with AI engineers and business analysts to turn ideas into scalable cloud-native applications on Azure and Databricks.