Principal AI Software Engineer, TechEx (US)
West Monroe2 months ago
Base Salary
$152k - $206k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, deploy, and monitor AI agents that automate workflows and enhance platform intelligence.
- Develop advanced prompting strategies for LLMs including Claude, GPT, and Gemini.
- Own AI features end to end from ideation and prototyping through production deployment and monitoring.
- Collaborate with clients, technical architects, product, engineering, and design teams to define requirements and align solutions with business and user needs.
- Integrate AI solutions with backend services and APIs using technologies such as Java, React, and AWS.
- Ensure AI systems are scalable, secure, and compliant.
- Mentor junior team members, provide reviews, and contribute to client recommendations and project delivery.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field preferred, or equivalent experience required.
- 8+ years of software development experience.
- Expertise with object-oriented concepts.
- Experience integrating AI tools such as ChatGPT into workflows and evaluating outputs for accuracy, bias, and quality.
- Experience with several listed backend, frontend, mobile, database, cloud, AI tooling, source control, DevOps, package management, and testing technologies.
- Experience mentoring junior team members and providing reviews.
- Strong written, verbal, organizational, interpersonal, analytical, and client communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative Agile/Scrum environment and communicate in English.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage for employees and families.
- 401k plan, employee stock ownership program, and eligibility for annual bonuses.
- Unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays.
- Ten weeks of paid parental leave eligibility upon hire.
- Salary varies by proximity to a West Monroe office, with listed ranges from $152,200 to $205,900 USD.
Tech Stack
AngularAWSAzureC#DockerGitGoogle Cloud PlatformGraphQLJasmineJavaJavaScriptJUnitKarmaKotlinKubernetesMicrosoft SQL ServerMongoDBnpmPostgreSQLPythonReactReact NativeRSpecRubySwiftTerraformTypeScriptVue.jsYarn
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About West Monroe
West Monroe is a Chicago-based business and technology consulting firm that helps enterprises and private equity sponsors improve operations and build digital capabilities. It sells project-based consulting across industries such as financial services, healthcare, energy, and software, including M&A advisory, customer experience, product and data strategy, and cybersecurity. Founded in 2002 and privately held under M/C Partners, it operates from multiple U.S. hubs.