Principal Software Engineer – AI-Native

AT&T

AI-Native Software Engineer at AT&T blending Python development with AI integration and intelligent systems. Collaborating with business partners to rapidly deliver high-impact solutions.

Posted 6/2/2026full-timePalo Alto • California, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $174,100 - $279,800 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDjangoDockerFlaskGoogle Cloud PlatformNoSQLPythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner directly with business stakeholders to understand needs, refine ideas, and translate goals into working software solutions.
Operate in a collaborative “2-in-a-box” model, co-owning outcomes from ideation through delivery.
Build and integrate AI-powered applications using Python and frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, or Django.
Design and orchestrate intelligent workflows using LLMs, LangGraph, MCP, and multi-agent systems.
Develop and optimize prompts, context strategies, session memory, retrieval pipelines, and vector-based search to improve agent performance.
Use AI coding assistants and agentic development tools as a core part of your workflow for prototyping, refactoring, testing, documentation, and code review.
Integrate backend services, APIs, databases, vector stores, third-party platforms, and machine learning systems into robust end-to-end solutions.
Implement testing, monitoring, evaluation, logging, and CI/CD practices to improve reliability and system performance.
Apply best practices in security, privacy, scalability, and operational resilience across AI and backend systems.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A strong ability to work directly with business partners and turn ambiguous ideas into clear, deliverable engineering solutions.
Clear communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
Deep, practical use of AI tools in software development, with examples of how they’ve meaningfully improved your speed, quality, and approach.
Experience building AI agents, conversational systems, RAG pipelines, or multi-agent workflows in real-world environments.
Strong problem-solving skills, technical curiosity, and a builder mindset.
A passion for exploring emerging AI tools and applying them in ways that create real business value.
Strong experience in fullstack Python development, including backend frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, or Django.
Experience designing and integrating REST APIs, backend services, and database solutions across SQL and/or NoSQL environments.
Hands-on expertise with LLMs, prompt engineering, context engineering, session management, retrieval strategies, and vector search.
Experience with LangGraph, MCP, or similar agent orchestration frameworks.
Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Experience with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and production deployment practices.
A strong foundation in secure, scalable, and maintainable software design.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonFastAPIFlaskDjangoAI toolsREST APIsSQLNoSQLLLMsprompt engineering

Soft Skills

clear communicationproblem-solvingtechnical curiositybuilder mindsetcollaborationability to explain technical conceptspassion for AIworking with business partnersturning ambiguous ideas into deliverable solutionsadaptability