Principal Platform Engineer

First American Financial Corporation; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services firm is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer - Applied AI to drive technical decisions and enhance AI capabilities. This remote role requires 7+ years of platform engineering or DevOps experience, expertise in SRE principles, and hands-on experience with major cloud providers and infrastructure-as-code tools. You will design AI-enhanced solutions and mentor senior engineers within your team.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of platform engineering or DevOps experience with expertise in SRE principles and operational workflows.
• Proven experience in enhancing platform operations using AI technologies.
• Strong understanding of software engineering and DevOps principles.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical decisions and mentor a team of senior engineers to enhance AI capabilities.
• Design and implement AI-enhanced platform engineering solutions for operational excellence.
• Collaborate with product teams to identify AI opportunities and manage end-to-end delivery of solutions.

Skills

AI technologies

Platform Engineering

DevOps principles

Cloud Providers (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)

Job description

A company is looking for a Principal Platform Engineer - Applied AI (Remote).

Key Responsibilities

• Drive technical decisions and mentor a team of senior engineers to enhance AI capabilities
• Design and implement AI-enhanced platform engineering solutions for operational excellence
• Collaborate with product teams to identify AI opportunities and manage end-to-end delivery of solutions

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of platform engineering or DevOps experience with expertise in SRE principles and operational workflows
• Proven experience in enhancing platform operations using AI technologies
• Hands-on experience with major cloud providers (AWS/GCP/Azure) and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible)
• Strong understanding of software engineering and DevOps principles
• Ability to build scalable and reusable solutions while leading and mentoring engineering teams