Principal AI Software Engineering Lead

3Core Systems, Inc is an SAP and Success Factors Partner with employees located across the United States. Our organization is dedicated to customer and employee satisfaction. We provide High Quality, Cost efficient and Competitive Solutions and Resources.

3Core Systems is looking for Principal AI Software Engineering Lead for one of our clients in Irving, TX 75038 (Onsite) with Cloud, DevOps, Java, Python, AI.

Job Title: Principal AI Software Engineering Lead

Location: Irving, TX 75038 (Onsite)

Duration: 26 months contract

**Preferred locals to TX.

**Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.

Must Have Skills/Attributes: Cloud, DevOps, Java, Python.

Experience Desired: AI-Assisted Software Engineering & Developer Productivity (7 yrs); Backend/Platform Engineering (7 yrs); Backend/Platform Engineering (7 yrs); Software Architecture & Technical Leadership (7 yrs); Software Architecture & Technical Leadership (7 yrs)

Required Minimum Education: Bachelor s Degree.

Preferred Education: Master s Degree.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Required Education (Precise):

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (minimum).

o Master s + 3 years

o Bachelor s + 5+ years

o Associate s + 9 years

• Internships not accepted as experience.

Preferred Education:

• Master s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering (preferred).

Preferred Certification:

• TOGAF certification (nice-to-have).

Required Skills:

• Cursor, Claude Code, or GitHub Copilot (or similar AI coding tools).
• Java/Spring Boot
• Python
• Distributed systems
• APIs and integration services
• Cloud-native platforms
• Software architecture and engineering best practices
• Prompt engineering
• Agentic development workflows
• Engineering metrics and productivity measurement
• Infrastructure and cloud
• Docker, containers, Kubernetes
• IT security, server/storage
• Security standards
• DevOps

Technical Desired:

• Specification-driven development.
• Robotics, Physical AI, Simulation, or Digital Twin.
• AWS or Azure.
• Developer experience platforms.

Soft Skills Required:

• Problem-solving and analytical thinking.
• Agile/Scrum team collaboration.
• Verbal and written communication.
• Cross-functional/distributed team collaboration.
• Ambiguity tolerance.
• Ownership and accountability.
• Technical documentation.

Soft Skills Desired:

• Mentoring junior engineers.
• Technical leadership and design reviews
• Stakeholder management and vendor collaboration.
• Continuous improvement.
• Global team experience.

Disqualifiers (Red Flags):

• No hands-on backend development.
• Limited API, integration, or distributed systems experience.
• Front-end only experience.
• No Agile/Scrum experience.
• Cannot contribute to cloud-native service development or troubleshooting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify cloud capabilities and benchmark industry adaptation.
• Assess Kubernetes fit.
• Review ICS/ACT technologies (Remote Services, Minestar).
• Challenge solutions and drive alternative architecture options.
• Partner with GIS, Security, and other teams on solution design.
• Evaluate and benchmark AI coding platforms.
• Define AI best practices, standards, governance, and adoption frameworks.
• Identify and execute AI pilot initiatives (Atlas, Physical AI, enterprise).
• Design agentic, spec-driven, and autonomous development workflows.
• Measure developer productivity, quality, SDLC efficiency, and outcomes.
• Create reference architectures, implementation patterns, and guidance for AI-native development.
• Integrate AI into development lifecycle with architects, managers, product, and platform teams.
• Assess security, compliance, and governance for AI coding tools.
• Mentor teams on AI tools and modern engineering practices.
• Drive velocity, quality, technical debt reduction, and developer experience improvements.
• Collaborate with vendors, partners, and stakeholders on emerging capabilities and best practices.
• Contribute to engineering strategy, roadmap, technology selection, and long-term AI transformation.
• Individual contributor.
• Collaborate with: Engineering Directors, Managers, Principal Engineers, Architects, Technical Leads.
• Work across: Atlas, Physical AI, Autonomy Services, enterprise engineering.
• Partner with: Product Owners, Product Managers, business stakeholders.
• Partner with: DevOps, Platform Engineering, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Architecture.
• Engage with vendors and AI platform providers.
• Lead workshops, architecture discussions, PoCs, enablement activities.
• Mentor engineers and technical leads.
• Present recommendations, findings, pilot results, roadmaps to senior leadership.

Regards,

Recruiting Team

3Core Systems Inc

9101 Burnet Road, Suite 207, Austin, TX 78758

3Core Systems, Inc