Remote Principal AI Solutions Engineer for Automation

Onward Search; Westlake (TX); Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) Program

Commuter Benefit

eLearning

Education Reimbursement

Job summary

Onward Search is partnering with a defense-focused organization to hire a Principal AI Solutions Engineer for a remote, region-based Temp-to-Perm role.

You will collaborate with knowledge workers and engineering teams to design automation, implement agent-based solutions, and develop reusable tools that enable long-term ownership. The position requires strong Python production experience and expertise with large language models, retrieval, and API integrations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of relevant experience, or Master's degree plus 5 years, or PhD plus 3 years.
• Hands-on Python in production software.
• Experience building and deploying solutions with large language models, retrieval, and tool calling.
• Experience creating MCP servers, API integrations or comparable connectors in a production environment.
• Skilled at working with non-technical stakeholders, managing discovery, scoping projects and delivering solutions, with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with knowledge workers and engineering teams to understand workflows and automation opportunities.
• Develop and implement agent-based and process automation solutions tailored to user needs.
• Conduct comprehensive handoffs, including documentation, training and runbooks for teams to independently manage solutions.
• Create servers and data connectors to enable secure access to internal systems and data streams.
• Develop templates, patterns and internal tools to streamline future automation projects and empower self-service by teams.

Skills

Python production

LLMs retrieval tool calling

API integrations

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree +8 years

Master's degree +5 years

PhD +3 years

Tools

MCP servers

API integrations

Job description

Onward Search is partnering with a defense-focused organization to hire a Principal AI Solutions Engineer for a remote, region-based Temp-to-Perm role.

You will collaborate with knowledge workers and engineering teams to design automation, implement agent-based solutions, and develop reusable tools that enable long-term ownership. The position requires strong Python production experience and expertise with large language models, retrieval, and API integrations.