Principal Engineer, AI Orchestration
Location: Remote
Compensation: To Be Discussed
Reviewed: Sat, Sep 19, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days
Job Summary
To support the development of a central AI system, the full-time Principal Engineer, AI Orchestration will design orchestration layers, build MCP servers, and establish retrieval systems while working remotely.
Key responsibilities
- Design the orchestration and abstraction layers connecting LLMs to tools, data, and sub-agents
- Build and operate MCP servers, setting standards for tool definition and exposure
- Define retrieval systems, including chunking strategies and embedding models, while ensuring quality evaluation metrics are established
Required qualifications
- 12 or more years of experience in software/AI engineering with a focus on LLM orchestration and retrieval systems
- Deep hands-on experience with LLM orchestration frameworks and agentic patterns
- Direct experience building MCP servers and tool/function-calling integrations
- Strong understanding of retrieval strategies, including chunking, embeddings, and hybrid search
- Experience designing abstraction layers and platform APIs for multi-team usage
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