
Principal Full-Stack AI Engineer
AT&T
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Alpharetta • New Jersey, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $141,300 - $237,400 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsDjangoDockerFlaskGoogle Cloud PlatformNoSQLPostgresPythonSQL
About the role
- Architect, implement, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using Python (FastAPI, Flask, Django) to support AI agent operations.
- Develop, deploy, and orchestrate autonomous AI agents, and leverage MCP to coordinate multiple AI models and agent workflows, ensuring seamless interoperability and orchestration.
- Utilize frameworks like LangGraph and MCP to design, compose, and manage complex agent workflows, multi-agent coordination, and state management.
- Integrate external data sources, third-party APIs, vector databases, and machine learning models to enhance agent capabilities.
- Optimize system performance, ensure high availability, and implement robust logging, monitoring, and error-handling solutions.
- Work cross-functionally with front-end developers, data scientists, and product teams to translate requirements into technical designs and deliverables.
- Implement best practices for data security, privacy, and compliance in all backend operations.
Requirements
- Strong experience with backend Python frameworks (FastAPI, Flask, Django), RESTful API design, and database management (SQL/NoSQL).
- Proven expertise in integrating and orchestrating AI agents, LLMs, or multi-agent systems in production environments.
- Hands-on experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol) for coordinating and managing AI models and agent workflows.
- Familiarity with agent workflow orchestration tools such as LangGraph.
- Experience with containerization (Docker), CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Knowledge of vector databases, data pipelines, and scalable distributed systems.
- Proven experience designing, optimizing, and maintaining PostgreSQL or other relational databases, including schema design, performance tuning, and advanced query development.
- Excellent problem-solving abilities, attention to detail, and communication skills.
- Preferred: Background in designing backend architectures for AI or data-intensive applications.
- Experience with knowledge graphs, RAG pipelines, or advanced agent coordination.
- Open-source contributions or experience with modern agent/LLM frameworks, MCP, or similar platforms.
Benefits
- Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
- 401(k) plan
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Caregiver Leave
- Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
- Adoption Reimbursement
- Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
- Life and Accidental Death Insurance
- Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
- Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
- Extensive employee wellness programs
- Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
PythonFastAPIFlaskDjangoRESTful API designSQLNoSQLMCPDockerPostgreSQL
Soft skills
problem-solvingattention to detailcommunication