Ridgeline
Principal Engineer, AI Platform
$253K–$348K
San Ramon, CA +6 · Remote · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 15, 2026
- Location
- San Ramon, CA
Reno, NV
New York, NY
New York, New York, United States
Remote - USA
Reno, Nevada, United States
San Ramon, California, United States - Experience
- 15+ years of software engineering experience; significant production AI product experience is also required, with no years specified.
About the job
Guides the architecture and delivery of Ridgeline’s shared agentic AI platform and production AI capabilities across the company.
What you'll do
- Set technical strategy and architecture for the AI platform and establish standards for scalable, secure, reliable, and responsible adoption.
- Remove systemic platform obstacles and align teams on technical decisions and AI investments.
- Design external-data integrations using retrieval-augmented generation and build token-efficient systems such as model routing and code execution.
What they ask for
- 15+ years of software engineering experience, with deep expertise in systems architecture.
- Significant experience building and shipping an AI-powered product in production, including agentic loop design, structured responses, tool calling, Model Context Protocol (MCP), and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).
- Full-stack experience across front-end and back-end AI product development; proficiency in Kotlin, TypeScript, and React.
- Experience working with both Anthropic and/or OpenAI models and APIs.
Nice to have
- Experience with multi-agent systems, AI agent orchestration, or advanced model evaluation techniques.
- Background in financial services or investment management; contributions to open-source AI/ML projects or publications are also listed as bonuses.
Pay
$253,000-$316,000 USD base salary; $278,000-$347,500 USD base salary in select locations
Tools
Kotlin, TypeScript, React, Anthropic, OpenAI, Model Context Protocol (MCP), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
AI focus
Architects and delivers production agentic AI systems, including tool use, external-data retrieval, model routing, code execution, and model reliability and evaluation standards.
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