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We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to design and build full-stack applications to turn operational data into AI-driven decision tools that predict, recommend, and act to drive business outcomes.This is a hands-on, senior individual-contributor role: you'll shape our AI application strategy, build front-end and back-end services, embed AI features into production products, and create new products to solve our hardest problems. You'll partner with our BI developers and platform architect, and lead our junior software engineers to deliver high-quality solutions our business stakeholders can count on.\nJob Description\nRoles and Responsibilities:\nApplication Development & Delivery\nDesign, build, and maintain full-stack applications and services across the full software lifecycle: requirements, implementation, testing, documentation, and production support\nBuild responsive front ends and back-end services deployed to the cloud\nOptimize application performance so applications and monitor applications for errors, latency, and usage; own alerting, incident response, and root-cause analysis\nAI-Powered Features\nEmbed AI into applications with natural-language queries, predictive insights, recommendations, and conversational interfaces\nGround AI features in knowledge graphs and ontologies that model the domain and enable semantic search and reasoning over operational data\nBuild and expose reusable AI capabilities via MCP servers that applications and agents can call\nIntegrate machine-learning models and LLM APIs into production applications to enhance insights and decision-making\nBuild agentic workflows that trigger actions and update records, with human approval and audit logging\nPartner with junior engineers to move models from experiment to reliable, production-grade features\nTechnical Standards & Code Quality\nSet and enforce application coding standards, design patterns, and engineering best practices across the team\nServe as senior reviewer for application code correctness, performance, security, and maintainability\nEstablish CI/CD, automated testing, and version-control workflows for application development\nBuild reusable components, templates, and utilities that accelerate development across the team\nTechnical Leadership & Mentorship\nMentor and coach junior software engineers and BI developers\nTranslate ambiguous business problems into project plans and application work\nPartner with BI leadership on the application roadmap and with stakeholders on requirements and priorities\nLead application projects of moderate to high complexity, guiding others and influencing technical direction\nRequired Qualifications:\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field from an accredited university or college\nMinimum of 8 years of hands-on experience building and shipping full-stack applications to production\nDesired Characteristics:\nMaster's degree in a related field from an accredited university or college\nTechnical Expertise\nFull-Stack Development: Strong across modern front-end and back-end technologies; builds and owns applications end to end\nAI Integration: Experience embedding ML models, LLM APIs, and agentic workflows into production applications\nMCP & Tool Interfaces: Builds MCP servers or equivalent tool interfaces that applications and agents call in production\nKnowledge Graphs & Ontologies: Models domain knowledge as graphs and ontologies to ground AI, power semantic search, and enable reasoning over connected data\nCloud & Data Platforms: Familiar with cloud application hosting and modern data platforms (Databricks, AWS, Snowflake, or similar)\nEngineering Fundamentals: Git, CI/CD, automated testing, code review, and secure-by-default practices\nDomain & Problem-Solving\nBreaks ambiguous business problems into clear, shippable increments and validates assumptions with users\nDebugs across the stack-front end, API, database, and integrations\nWeighs trade-offs (build vs. buy, batch vs. real-time, speed vs. reliability) with clear reasoning\n Experience in supply chain, manufacturing, maintenance, or similar operational domains is a strong plus\nCollaboration & Communication\nStrong communication skills: Explains technical concepts and trade-offs to technical and non-technical audiences\nEffective collaborator: Works seamlessly with BI developers, data and AI/ML engineers, and business stakeholders\nLeads by influence: Drives technical direction through evidence and example rather than authority\nPersonal Attributes\nPlayer-coach: Balances hands-on building with mentoring and code review; takes on the hardest problems\nQuality-focused: Builds reliability, security, and testing in from the start\n Ownership: Drives applications from design through deployment and continuous improvement\nThe base pay range for this position is $152,000-202,000. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary/ commission based on the plan. This posting is expected to close on October 2nd, 2026.\nGE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.\nGE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.\nThis role will require in-person attendance for New Hire Orientation on Day 1.\nAdditional Information\nGE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer . 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