Principal AI Platform Engineer — Agentic Systems

Shipt, Inc.; 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 its Agentic AI platform, optimizing real-time routing, pay, and coverage across our national fulfillment network. You will drive the core logic powering millions of time-critical deliveries, collaborating with data science, engineering, and product teams to embed autonomous reasoning into high-throughput microservices.

This role emphasizes scalable design, mentor leadership, and cost-aware AI initiatives,

Qualifications

• 10+ years in backend software with high-throughput distributed systems.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and drive consensus.
• Experience with Python or Golang and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deploy Agentic AI platform for real-time routing and coverage.
• Collaborate with data science, engineering and product teams to integrate reasoning loops and tool bindings.
• Ensure scalability, reliability, and fiscal responsibility in production.

Skills

Backend architecture

Distributed microservices

Mentorship

Python

Golang

SOA

Observability

Agentic AI

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Tools

DataDog

LangSmith

Langfuse

Google ADK

Job description

Shipt is seeking a Principal Agentic Engineer in Gig Operations to architect and deploy its Agentic AI platform, optimizing real-time routing, pay, and coverage across our national fulfillment network. You will drive the core logic powering millions of time-critical deliveries, collaborating with data science, engineering, and product teams to embed autonomous reasoning into high-throughput microservices.

This role emphasizes scalable design, mentor leadership, and cost-aware AI initiatives,