Principle AI Engineer

Insight Global; Rogers (AR); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a hands-on Principal AI Engineer to own the technical outcome of a major AI value stream. You will work directly with business stakeholders to identify opportunities, shape ambiguous problems into solutions, and build production AI applications from concept through deployment.

The role requires deep experience with GenAI apps using Python, React, AWS, Terraform, and GitHub Actions, plus hands-on coding daily and mentoring engineers while setting engineering standards.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering with production GenAI or applied-AI systems ownership.
• Hands-on production experience with AWS, Python, React, GitHub Actions, Terraform.
• Ability to mentor engineers while remaining a hands-on contributor.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical outcome of a major AI value stream from concept to deployment.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to shape problems into AI solutions and production apps.

Skills

Hands-on coding

Independent contributor

Mentoring engineers

Tools

AWS

Python

React

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Graph databases

AI observability

Job description

Job Description

We're looking for a hands‑on Principal AI Engineer to own the technical outcome of a major AI value stream. This person will work directly with business stakeholders to identify opportunities, shape ambiguous problems into solutions, and build production AI applications from concept through deployment. The ideal candidate has deep experience developing and operating GenAI applications using Python, React, AWS, Terraform, and GitHub Actions, and has personally shipped AI agents, workflows, or applications into production. This is not a management role; we need someone who still writes code daily and can set the engineering standard for other developers. Experience with evaluation frameworks, human‑in‑the‑loop workflows, agentic systems, ML, graph databases, and AI observability is highly valued. Candidates should be comfortable partnering directly with end users, operating independently, and mentoring engineers while remaining a hands‑on technical contributor.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail]. To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.

Skills and Requirements

• Ten (10) or more years of software engineering experience, including at least four (4) years owning production -Generative AI or applied-AI systems in the field — agents, workflows, or applications, including evaluation, failure handling, and a human review loop — or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Hands‑on production experience on AWS, and hands‑on Python, React, GitHub Actions, and Terraform, at a level sufficient to set the bar for a pod, not only meet it. Cloud certification or architecture‑only experience without recent production code is not sufficient.
• Experience leading technical delivery for a value stream or equivalent without people‑management authority.
• Experience in insurance, claims, healthcare, or another heavily regulated operational domain preferred.