Principal AI-Native Engineer
Applied Information Sciences2 months ago
Reston, VA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$195k - $210k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of complex enterprise software solutions.
- Translate business requirements into scalable technical specifications and solution designs.
- Drive engineering practices across development, testing, deployment, observability, and operations.
- Establish AI-assisted development workflows, guardrails, review mechanisms, and quality controls.
- Design secure, observable, scalable, resilient, maintainable, and operationally efficient systems.
- Lead code reviews, automated testing, acceptance testing, deployment validation, monitoring, and production-readiness standards.
- Drive adoption of cloud platforms, GitHub, automation frameworks, deployment pipelines, and platform engineering capabilities.
- Collaborate with platform teams on developer experience, security, governance, and operational efficiency.
- Mentor engineers, technical leads, and architects in system design, testing, software craftsmanship, and AI-native development.
- Advise executives and engineering teams on strategy, long-range planning, technical standards, and solution delivery.
Requirements
- 12+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale applications.
- Experience owning software products throughout their lifecycle, including ongoing operational responsibility.
- Extensive experience leading engineering teams and technical initiatives.
- Strong expertise in software architecture and system design.
- Deep understanding of modern software development methodologies and engineering practices.
- Experience implementing automated testing strategies and quality engineering practices.
- Expertise in code reviews, engineering governance, and technical standards.
- Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures and modern software delivery platforms.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools in production environments and understanding AI-native software delivery approaches.
- Knowledge of source control, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, deployment pipelines, platform engineering, security controls, observability, and operational excellence.
- Preferred experience includes product-oriented engineering organizations, highly scalable distributed systems, enterprise security and governance, production support, and developer productivity platforms.
Benefits
- Employee ownership with shared participation in company success.
- Access to continuous learning resources, training, and mentorship.
- Inclusive and collaborative workplace culture.
- Mission-driven work supporting impactful client and community projects.
- Targeted base salary range of $195,000-$210,000 per year.
- Compensation and final offer consider skills, experience, education, certifications, and location.
About Applied Information Sciences
Advanced Info Service (AIS) is Thailand’s largest mobile and fixed-broadband operator, selling 5G mobile, AIS Fibre home internet, and digital services (cloud, IoT, payments, and video) to consumers and enterprises. A public company founded in 1990 and headquartered in Bangkok, it reports nationwide 5G coverage across 77 provinces and more than 45 million mobile subscribers. AIS monetizes primarily through subscription plans and value‑added digital services.