Principal AI Systems Engineer - Multi-Agent (Hybrid NYC)

DIRECTV, LLC; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 179,000 - 268,000; Full time

Job summary

DIRECTV, LLC in New York City is seeking a Principal, System Engineer 2 to design, build, and operationalize sophisticated agentic AI systems across our Advertising Technology ecosystem.

This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role requiring architecture, production code, and direct engagement with business users, with ownership of end-to-end technical delivery for secure multi-agent workflows and tool-driven collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Multi-Agent System Architecture & Development: Design and build production multi-agent systems with planners, coordinators, agents, reviewers, and memory.
• Collaborative AI Work Environments: Create spaces where business users and agents collaborate across planning, review, and execution.
• Backend Services & Enterprise Integration: Build APIs, event-driven workflows, tool registries, and enterprise integration.
• Context Engineering for Business Users: Develop context pipelines and templates for different business personas.
• Production Readiness & Governance: Implement testing, CI/CD, monitoring, and governance for agent systems.
• Technical Leadership & Forward Deployment: Lead reviews, mentor engineers, and align with product goals.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Java

Go

C#

LLM applications

multi-agent orchestration

tool use

memory

RAG

context engineering

evaluation

human-in-the-loop

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

Strands

Bedrock AgentCore

Snowflake Cortex

Job description

DIRECTV, LLC in New York City is seeking a Principal, System Engineer 2 to design, build, and operationalize sophisticated agentic AI systems across our Advertising Technology ecosystem.

This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role requiring architecture, production code, and direct engagement with business users, with ownership of end-to-end technical delivery for secure multi-agent workflows and tool-driven collaboration.