Principal Agentic Software Engineer - Argentina

Seeking a Principal Agentic Software Engineer to lead AI-assisted software development and modernize cloud-native systems. The role involves strategic technical leadership, architecture, and fostering AI adoption across teams.

Location: Remote — Colombia & Argentina

Salary: $84k–$120k

Responsibilities

• Define long-term engineering and platform architecture strategy
• Lead modernization initiatives for distributed cloud-native systems
• Establish engineering standards, governance frameworks, and scalability strategies
• Lead organization-wide adoption of AI-assisted engineering workflows
• Evaluate emerging AI development tools and frameworks
• Define secure and scalable AI-agent integration practices
• Lead complex cross-functional technical initiatives
• Partner with executive leadership on strategic technology decisions
• Mentor senior engineers and elevate engineering excellence across teams
• Contribute to scalable cloud-native architectures
• Support Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, and DevOps/SRE best practices
• Drive technical excellence across engineering systems and workflows

Requirements

• 12+ years of software engineering and architecture experience
• Deep expertise in distributed systems and cloud-native architectures
• Expert-level proficiency in TypeScript / JavaScript, Python, C# / .NET
• Extensive experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, and DevOps/SRE practices
• Deep hands-on experience with AI-assisted engineering workflows and coding agents
• Experience defining technical strategy at an organizational level
• Exceptional communication, mentorship, and leadership skills
• English level: C1+

Additional Information

• This is a remote/telecommute position.
• Originally posted on Himalayas