AI Principal Engineer

Cortiqa is seeking seasoned Principal Software Engineers to join our Onshore technology office in California. These engineers will serve as technical leads in designing and building Agentic AI-powered integration frameworks, while also owning core application development, system performance, and scalability improvements.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop Agentic AI systems: autonomous agents, multi-agent orchestration pipelines, and LLM-integrated workflows to accelerate client onboarding and integration automation
• Apply AI-SDLC methodology across the full lifecycle: data strategy, model selection/fine-tuning, agent development, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and iterative improvement
• Build and optimize client integration frameworks through intelligent automation, leveraging Agentic AI to streamline onboarding and reduce manual effort
• These engineers will be foundational to API's AIDLC transformation, building reusable AI infrastructure, agent frameworks, and tooling that enable product engineering squads to deliver AI-powered features
• Perform software analysis, risk analysis, and reliability analysis for AI and non-AI systems
• Participate in architectural discussions, prototyping, and development estimation for AI-first solutions
• Integrate new software solutions with existing client systems, including airline crew management platforms
• Collaborate in Agile scrum teams; support production issues, functional/system integration testing, and deployment
• Maintain and improve the currency of the IT technology stack, including AI/ML tooling