Principal Full Stack Engineer, AI Platform & Agents (US/Canada Hybrid/Remote)

Wolters Kluwer N.V.; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 158,000 - 282,000; Full time

Job summary

Wolters Kluwer N.V. is seeking a Principal Full Stack Engineer for the AI Platform & Agents team. You will design and ship full‑stack systems, AI agents, and platform components that empower hundreds of product teams across the organization.

You’ll mentor engineers, drive architecture, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver high‑impact solutions. The role requires 8+ years of software engineering, strong cloud experience, and proficiency across backend and frontend development.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong full‑stack development skills and cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Proven track record delivering secure, reliable, cloud‑native systems to production.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement full‑stack applications, AI agents, and platform components enabling rapid GenAI agent development, validation, and deployment.
• Build developer tooling, CI/CD, and observability for safe, fast iteration with telemetry.
• Lead architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and own larger projects.

Skills

Full‑stack development

Cloud experience

AI agent development

Backend development

Frontend development

CI/CD

Site Reliability Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Docker

Terraform

GitHub Actions

DocumentDB

DynamoDB

OpenSearch

Job description

Principal Full Stack Engineer, AI Platform & Agents

Build the GenAI platform that powers critical decisions in healthcare, legal, tax, and compliance industries. Your work will directly shape the future of these fields, enabling faster, safer, and more impactful decision‑making at a global scale.

Location: US/Canada, Hybrid or Remote. Work Hours: Must have 9–11 AM CST overlap. Candidates within commuting distance of a Wolters Kluwer office will be considered for hybrid employment, with 2 days per week onsite. Candidates not within commuting distance will be considered for remote employment.

About this role

Our team is building a central GenAI Platform to empower hundreds of product teams across the organization with scalable capabilities for rapid development, validation, and deployment of AI agents. We also drive the development of the most impactful AI agents, ensuring faster delivery and greater impact across multiple domains. With over 20 agents already launched and many more in progress, our work accelerates innovation and improves outcomes in critical industries. You’ll join a 100‑engineer remote‑first team within a larger organization that combines the stability of an established company with the agility of a startup. In this high‑autonomy, high‑impact role, you’ll take problems from concept to production, mentor less experienced engineers, and lead by example. You’ll design and ship full‑stack systems, shape platform capabilities to empower hundreds of product teams, and directly contribute to the development of the most impactful AI agents.

Flagship Agent: UpToDate Expert AI – In Health, we’re launching UpToDate Expert AI—a medical research and clinical reasoning agent that transforms the world’s most widely used point‑of‑care knowledge resource into a real‑time medical assistant. Millions of physicians will rely on it to accelerate differential diagnosis, refine treatment decisions, and reduce cognitive load—while maintaining rigorous safety, privacy, and guideline fidelity. Improvements you ship (latency, reliability, hallucination reduction) will translate directly into faster, higher‑quality patient care at global scale.

Tech stack

TypeScript, Node.js, React, Python, LangChain/LangGraph, MCP/A2A, Rust, AWS (primary), Azure, GCP; Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions; DocumentDB, DynamoDB, OpenSearch, Azure AI Search, Azure OpenAI, AWS Anthropic, Google Gemini; GitHub, Confluence, Slack.

What you’ll do

Design and implement full‑stack applications, AI agents, and platform components that enable rapid GenAI agent development, validation, and deployment. Build developer tooling, CI/CD, and observability for safe, fast iteration (evals, canaries, rollout/rollback, cost and quality telemetry). Apply secure SDLC and privacy‑by‑design practices (threat modeling, least privilege). Collaborate with product, UX, and domain experts to deliver customer‑focused solutions with measurable outcomes. Apply current LLM patterns (RAG, retrieval, routing, tool‑use, evals) to deliver measurable customer value—faster, more reliable AI systems; reduced time‑to‑decision; improved trust/safety metrics; and lower cost per query. Lead by example and be heavily hands‑on: drive architecture, mentor engineers, and take ownership of larger projects.

Team context

Org and Sub‑teams: Central GenAI Platform within Wolters Kluwer, driving innovation across businesses by creating re‑usable platform services and components. Sub‑teams are fewer than 10 engineers, focused on platform services or customer‑facing agents. Culture and Reporting: We value a “manager of one” mindset, where outcomes matter more than optics. Authority is earned through demonstrated impact, not tenure or title. You’ll report directly to the Director of Engineering, AI Platform. Team Size and Impact: Our globally distributed team of ~100 engineers combines the stability of an established company with the agility of a startup. We are moving fast, and there are many areas where you can have a big impact. Work setup: Remote‑first in US or EU, with hybrid options near major offices. Collaboration requires 9–11 AM CST overlap. Occasional travel for team onsites/offsites as needed.

Minimum qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong full‑stack development skills and cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Expert in at least one, and proficient across the others: AI Agent development and evaluation, Backend development, Frontend development, Cloud services (AWS/Azure/GCP), CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Quality engineering / testing strategy, Secure SDLC and privacy by design.
• Proven track record delivering secure, reliable, cloud‑native systems to production.
• Excellent problem‑solving, ownership, and cross‑functional communication.

Nice to have

• Proven ability to deliver software products independently or as part of a small, fast‑paced team.
• Experience of taking AI agents from concept to production, including safety evaluations, iterative testing (e.g., A/B testing), and continuous improvement.
• Experience with LangChain/LangGraph and MCP; vector/RAG systems; OpenSearch.
• Worked on traditional ML tasks like training, deployment, and monitoring.
• Understand how LLMs work, their failure modes, and techniques like fine‑tuning and model adaptation.
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as SOC2, HIPAA, etc.

Compensation

$157,900.00 - $282,100.00 USD Compensation range listed is based on primary location of the position. Actual base salary offer is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skills, experience and actual hiring location. Your recruiter can share more information about the specific offer for the job location during the hiring process.

Additional Information

Wolters Kluwer offers a wide variety of competitive benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including but not limited to: Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave. Full details of our benefits are available upon request.

If making a difference matters to you, then you matter to us. Join us, at Wolters Kluwer, and be part of a dynamic global technology company that makes a difference every day. We’re innovators with impact. We provide expert software and information solutions that the world’s leading professionals rely on, in the moments that matter most. You’ll make a real difference in the lives of millions of people. Together with our customers, we help to advance sustainability, health, justice, prosperity, and commerce around the world. You can thrive at Wolters Kluwer, where diversity is core to our collective strength and high performance. Be your unique self, share your creative ideas, do your best work, and take time to grow in our caring and inclusive culture where you can belong.

Wolters Kluwer reported 2025 annual revenues of €6.1 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs more than 21,000 people worldwide. Our customers work in industries that impact the lives of millions of people every single day. Our mission is to empower our professional customers with the AI‑powered solutions they need to make critical decisions, achieve successful outcomes, and increase productivity. We deliver trusted, AI‑powered expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge, proprietary content, and advanced technology to provide expert‑validated insights, automate workflows, and drive better outcomes. Today, nearly 70% of our digital revenues come from AI‑powered solutions, reflecting our strategic focus on embedding AI into professional workflows and delivering measurable productivity gains. We are committed to helping professionals navigate complexity, improve the way they work, and solve critical challenges through cloud‑based, AI‑powered platforms that integrate seamlessly into their workflows and ecosystems. Our solutions are designed to deliver impact when it matters most, especially in high‑stakes environments where accuracy and trust are essential. With a nearly 190‑year legacy, Wolters Kluwer continues to evolve its portfolio of digital solutions and services to meet the changing needs of professionals worldwide, enabling them to work faster, make smarter decisions, and deliver better outcomes. For more information about our solutions and organization, visit www.wolterskluwer.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.

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