Principal AI Software Engineer, TechEx

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West Monroe is searching for a Principal AI Software Engineer, to join our team in our Technology & Experience (Tech Ex) practice. You will partner with our clients and other West Monroe team members on transformational AI projects. On client projects, you will work with a Technical Architect to gather technical requirements, define platform and integration design, and perform the configuration/development of the solution in a team environment.

This role will focus on building intelligent agents and advanced prompting systems that enhance automation, decision-making, and user experience with our clients. You will collaborate closely with product, engineering, and design teams to architect and own AI-driven solutions.

Principal AI Software Engineers in our Tech Ex practice have these primary responsibilities:

• Functional Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with team members to design and develop software applications across multiple languages.
  • Collaborate with clients to understand their business needs.
  • Use an Agile approach to iteratively deliver products.

• Internal Responsibilities:

  • Problem-solvers with natural innovative and analytical skills
  • Excellent leaders with strong communication (written and verbal), interpersonal and organizational skills.
  • Able to efficiently manage multiple tasks and contribute in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
  • Motivated to work with and learn a variety technologies and languages.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy AI agents that automate workflows and enhance platform intelligence.

• Develop advanced prompting strategies for LLMs (e.g., Claude, GPT, Gemini) to support engineering and product use cases.

• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of AI features—from ideation and prototyping to production deployment and monitoring.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align AI capabilities with business goals and user needs.

• Integrate AI solutions with existing backend services and APIs (e.g., Java, React, AWS).

• Ensure scalability, security, and compliance of AI systems.

• Stay current with emerging AI technologies, frameworks, and best practices.

• Leverage AI tools to accelerate analysis, synthesize complex information, and support data-driven recommendations for clients, exercising sound judgment in evaluating outputs.

• Apply AI technologies (e.g., generative AI, automation tools, data models) to enhance insights, improve delivery efficiency, and elevate the quality of client outcomes.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field preferred, or equivalent experience required.
• 8+ years of experience in software development.
• Expertise with Object Oriented concepts.
• Experience integrating AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) into day-to-day workflows to enhance productivity and insight generation, coupled with strong critical thinking to assess accuracy, mitigate bias, and ensure high-quality outputs.

You have experience with several of our core technologies:

• Back-end: C#, Java, Java script, Ruby, Python
• Front-end:
  JavaScript, Type Script, Angular, React, Vue.
  
  JS, HTML5, CSS3
• Mobile:
  React Native, Swift, Kotlin
• Database: SQL Server, MongoDB, PostgreSQL
• Cloud:
  Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), GCP
• Software engineering workflow automation with AI
• AI-enabled tooling:
  Prompt Engineering for working with Code, Cursor, Claude Sonnet
• Automation of written unit and integration tests

You have experience with several of the following patterns & tools:

• Patterns: MVC, MVVM, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), REST, GraphQL

• Source Control:
  Git, Azure Dev Ops

• Dev Ops Tooling:
  Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes

• Package Management:
  Bower, NPM, Yarn, Nu Get

• Testing: XUnit, MSTest, Jasmine, Karma, JUnit, RSpec

• Thrive within a fast-paced, collaborative, Agile/Scrum project environment.

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