Principal AI-Native Engineer
appliedis · US Corporate Headquarters - Reston · United States · On-site
Pay: USD 195,000 – 210,000 a year
Posted Aug 12, 2026
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Why AIS?
When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.
Employee Ownership : Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.
Continuous Learning : Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.
Inclusive Culture : A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.
Mission-Driven Work : Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.
What are we looking for?
At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.
Working@AIS
At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Senior Software Architect.
 Core Knowledge & Skills: Operates as a multi-domain subject matter expert (e.g., Security, Data) with industry depth, defines enterprise patterns, and guides adoption across solutions.
Work & Complexity: Plans and directs the most complex, cross-functional, mission-critical initiatives, and evaluates industry standards to drive innovation and intellectual property.
Quality & Independence: Acts independently with organization-wide influence, sets visionary bars for quality, reliability, and delivery practices.
Teamwork & Communication: Models company values, mentors across the organization, builds formal networks with decision makers, and serves as an external spokesperson.
Consulting & Engagement: Advises executives on strategy, steers long-range planning and new lines of business, and delivers thought-leading presentations at the highest technical level.

As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Principal AI-Native Engineer.

 Project Summary
The Principal AI-Native Engineer serves as the organization's highest-level hands-on engineering leader for AI-enabled software delivery. This role combines deep expertise in software architecture, cloud engineering, AI-native development practices, platform engineering, and technical leadership. The individual will design and deliver scalable enterprise solutions, establish AI-first engineering standards, mentor engineering teams, and drive adoption of modern Azure and GitHub development ecosystems. The role requires a unique blend of visionary thinking and hands-on execution, with accountability for delivering secure, observable,…