Senior AI Engineer - Enterprise SDLC & Security (Onsite)

ZealHire Inc.; Round Rock (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

ZealHire Inc. in Austin/Round Rock, TX is seeking an AI Principal Software Engineer with 8-10+ years of hands-on experience to design, build, and deploy AI-powered capabilities across the SDLC.

The role emphasizes production AI, security harness engineering, and scalable architecture, requiring strong Python/TypeScript/Go skills, API design, and CI/CD integration. 100% onsite, 12+ month contract; US work authorization required.

Qualifications

• Experience deploying AI-based solutions in production with measurable impact.
• Strong programming in Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Go, or similar and adherence to software engineering best practices.
• Hands-on with modern AI/LLM development: context engineering and agent design.
• Solid software architecture skills: API design, event-driven patterns, scalable data models.
• Experience integrating with REST/GraphQL APIs, CI/CD pipelines, cloud services.
• Ability to work independently through the full delivery lifecycle with accountability.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy AI-powered capabilities across the SDLC.
• Ensure AI-generated code has guardrails, policy enforcement, and verification.
• Integrate solutions with enterprise systems via APIs and webhooks.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, product, and leadership stakeholders.
• Apply secure design practices and enterprise security/compliance requirements.

Skills

AI in production

Python

TypeScript

Go

Security engineering

CI/CD pipelines

APIs

Software testing

Education

CS degree or higher

Tools

MCP protocol

Job description

ZealHire Inc. in Austin/Round Rock, TX is seeking an AI Principal Software Engineer with 8-10+ years of hands-on experience to design, build, and deploy AI-powered capabilities across the SDLC.

The role emphasizes production AI, security harness engineering, and scalable architecture, requiring strong Python/TypeScript/Go skills, API design, and CI/CD integration. 100% onsite, 12+ month contract; US work authorization required.