Principal Software Engineer: AI Governance & 24/7 Cloud

ARCHER; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Coverage

On-Site Health And Wellness Centers

Retirement Savings Plan

Backup Childcare

Tuition Reimbursement

Mental Health Support

Financial Coaching

Commission-Based Pay

Cash Incentive Compensation

Forfeitable Equity

Job summary

ARCHER in Seattle seeks a senior software and AI engineering leader to shape strategy across multiple products and technologies. You will design reusable frameworks and production capabilities while ensuring secure, highly available 24/7 tier-1 services.

You will establish scalable AI engineering workflows, influence senior stakeholders, and drive the adoption of robust technical methods across teams, aligning governance, security and auditability with business needs.

Qualifications

• Formal software engineering training or certification and at least 7 years of applied experience.
• Proficiency in Rust, Java, Go, or C++.
• Extensive cloud-native experience with scalable architectures.
• Experience designing and operating 24/7 tier-1 services and leading responsible, secure, auditable AI-enabled development practices across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and engineering across multiple products and technologies, creating reusable software frameworks and production capabilities.
• Operate secure, stable, tier-1 services around the clock and influence senior stakeholders on technical directions.
• Establish and scale governed agentic AI engineering workflows and guide adoption of methods across teams.

Skills

Software Engineering

System Design

Application Development

Rust

Java

Go

C++

Agentic AI

Cloud-Native Engineering

24/7 Service Operations

AI Governance

Secure Data Handling

Human-In-The-Loop Validation

Auditability And Traceability

Technical Leadership

Apache DataFusion

Education

Software engineering training/certification

Job description

ARCHER in Seattle seeks a senior software and AI engineering leader to shape strategy across multiple products and technologies. You will design reusable frameworks and production capabilities while ensuring secure, highly available 24/7 tier-1 services.

You will establish scalable AI engineering workflows, influence senior stakeholders, and drive the adoption of robust technical methods across teams, aligning governance, security and auditability with business needs.