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Hiring: Principal AI Engineer – Agentic Systems | Irvine, CA (Hybrid) | W2 Only

TMS LLC
Irvine, CA Other
POSTED ON 4/29/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/29/2026

Job Description

Role: Principal AI Engineer – Agentic Systems & LLM Platforms (W2 Only)
Duration:
6 Months
Location: Irvine, CA (Hybrid)

Must Have Skills:

  • Strong programming in Python (Java/Go/TypeScript is a plus)
  • Hands-on experience with LLM applications in production (tool calling, structured outputs, RAG, evaluation)
  • Experience with agentic systems / multi-agent workflows
  • Strong in distributed systems & APIs (REST, RPC, Kafka, SQS, Pub/Sub)
  • Knowledge of vector databases, hybrid search, knowledge graphs
  • Cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP) Docker, Kubernetes
  • Solid data engineering fundamentals (SQL, data modeling)
  • Experience with LLM evaluation (A/B testing, adversarial testing, eval frameworks)
  • Familiarity with Codex / AI coding assistants

Core Responsibilities:

  • Design and build agentic AI systems (planner-executor, multi-agent orchestration)
  • Develop RAG pipelines for enterprise data (policies, rules, documents)
  • Integrate LLMs with ML models (fraud, risk, decisioning systems)
  • Implement AI safety & guardrails (PII, prompt injection, auditability, HITL)
  • Drive LLMOps/MLOps (CI/CD, monitoring, telemetry, evaluation pipelines)
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentor engineers

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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