Principal GenAI Engineer

Micasa Global; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Micasa Global in Washington DC is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer with 10-14 years of experience to deliver customer-facing engineering solutions in a hybrid model. The role focuses on turning ambiguous requirements into working architectures and production deployments, with comfort engaging senior stakeholders.

You will work in the DC metro area, 2–3 days onsite, contributing to AI-enabled data workflows, REST API integrations, and end-to-end delivery from discovery to deployment.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering background with data-focused delivery.
• Experience designing and integrating REST APIs.
• Experience with AI-enabled data workflows and LLM-powered applications.

Responsibilities

• Deliver customer-facing engineering solutions in a hybrid model.
• Translate ambiguous requirements into working architectures and deployments.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to own delivery from discovery through production.

Skills

Software engineering

ETL/ELT

Data modeling

Schema mapping

REST API design

AI Agents

RAG systems

Tool-calling workflows

LLM-powered applications

AI workflow automation

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Spark

Kafka

Airflow

dbt

Job description

Washington DC - Hybrid

Need local

Experience Level: Principal (10-14 years)

Mandatory Qualification Gates

• 8–14 years of relevant experience (Principal level target)
• Ability to work in the Washington DC Metro area in a hybrid model (2–3 days onsite)

Core Technical Requirements

• Strong software engineering background
• ETL/ELT
• Data modeling
• Schema mapping
• REST API design and integration
• Experience with:
• AI Agents
• RAG systems
• Tool-calling workflows
• LLM-powered applications
• AI workflow automation

Forward Deployed Engineer Traits

• Customer-facing technical delivery experience
• Ability to convert ambiguous requirements into working solutions
• Strong architecture, debugging, and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable working directly with senior stakeholders
• Experience owning delivery from discovery through production deployment

Strongly Preferred Signals

• Prior FDE, Solutions Engineer, Solutions Architect, Technical Consultant, or customer-facing engineering roles
• Federal, defense, intelligence, or national security experience
• Databricks
• Snowflake
• Spark
• Kafka
• Airflow
• dbt
• Human-in-the-loop workflows and AI evaluation frameworks