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# Principal Software Engineer - AI Platform

- **Company:** AI FIRST, INC.
- **Location:** Plantation, FL, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $175,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Bash Shell, Cloud Engineering, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Node.Js, OAuth, OpenID, Windows PowerShell, Role-Based Access Control, Single Sign-On, TypeScript, Scripting, Okta, Large Language Models, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Docker
- **Published:** August 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.gravityitresources.com/job/9607

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
 * 7+ years of relevant software engineering experience
 * Demonstrated experience designing and building platform/infrastructure/backend services used by other engineering teams
 * Deep, hands-on experience building and operating production backend services and developer platforms
 * Mastery of 2+ modern general-purpose programming languages (e.g., Python, TypeScript); Go or C# is a plus
 * Strong understanding of REST API design, GraphQL (building and consuming), and microservices architecture
 * Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS) and container tooling (Docker, Kubernetes)
 * Experience building on/integrating with LLMs and agentic systems (tool/function calling, MCP, retrieval, evaluation)
 * Solid grounding in identity and access management (OAuth2/OIDC, SSO, RBAC); Keycloak, Entra ID, or Auth0 strongly preferred
 * Familiarity with scripting/automation (Bash/PowerShell) and CI/CD + infrastructure as code (e.g., GitLab CI, Helm)
 * Comfort operating in ambiguity; ability to solve problems without an existing blueprint
 * Excellent communication and ability to influence/collaborate across teams
 * Embraces AI as a core part of daily workflow and a partner in problem-solving, * Hands-on experience building LLM-powered or agentic applications (MCP servers, tool-calling agents, retrieval/RAG)
 * Python and/or TypeScript/Node development experience
 * Identity and access management experience (Keycloak, Entra ID, Auth0; OAuth2/OIDC)
 * Cloud architecture and deployment (AWS, EKS); hands-on Docker/Kubernetes experience
 * Experience with observability and telemetry tooling
 * Financial services or brokerage domain experience

## Description

* Architect and hands-on build the core of the AI Platform: MCP gateway, AI portal/skills marketplace, identity brokering layer, and agentic execution flows
 * Code the most complex/ambiguous solutions and set the technical bar for the platform
 * Design secure-by-default integrations between internal systems and AI agents (authentication, authorization, RBAC, audit logging)
 * Build telemetry/observability to make AI usage and spec-driven development measurable across the organization
 * Partner with engineering teams to turn workflows into reusable skills, MCP servers, and agentic routines
 * Establish patterns, guardrails, and "golden paths" for fast and safe adoption of AI tooling within governance standards
 * Champion best practices in development, testing, and deployment; ensure scalability, reliability, and performance in a Kubernetes/DevOps environment
 * Evaluate emerging models/frameworks/agent patterns and incorporate valuable approaches into the platform


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