Principal AI Engineer

Organizational Alignment

This position reports to the Senior Manager, AI & Innovation and is part of C2 Labs' AI & Innovation organization. The AI & Innovation team is responsible for developing AI-enabled compliance solutions, digital workers, enterprise copilots, and compliance automation capabilities. This role is focused on product and platform engineering rather than traditional IT operations and will work closely with AI architects, compliance subject matter experts, product managers, and customer delivery teams.

Position Summary

C2 Labs is seeking a Senior AI Platform Engineer to help build and operate the next generation of AI-enabled compliance solutions. This role serves as a foundational member of the AI & Innovation team and will support the development of AI agents, compliance automation, workflow orchestration, and platform integrations that power our advisory services. The ideal candidate combines cloud engineering, DevOps, automation, API integration, and AI platform experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy and manage AI platforms supporting enterprise copilots, AI agents, and digital workers.
• Implement and maintain Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) infrastructure.
• Deploy and manage vector databases and enterprise knowledge systems.
• Develop and maintain integrations with RegScale APIs and other enterprise platforms.
• Integrate AI services with Microsoft Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Azure AI Services, OpenAI, Anthropic, and related technologies.
• Develop automation workflows using Power Automate and API-first architectures.
• Design and maintain cloud-native infrastructure supporting AI and automation workloads.
• Manage Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Implement secure deployment pipelines for regulated environments.
• Support development of compliance automation workflows for evidence collection, POA&M management, and continuous monitoring.
• Monitor AI platform performance, observability, logging, and operational health.

Required Skills

• Experience deploying and supporting AI applications in production environments.
• Experience with LLM APIs including OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, or AWS Bedrock.
• Experience with agent frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, or AutoGen.
• Understanding of RAG architectures, vector databases, and semantic retrieval.
• Strong Python development skills.
• Experience developing and integrating REST APIs.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD, and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience integrating SaaS platforms and enterprise systems.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Strongley Preferred

• Experience with RegScale, ServiceNow GRC, Archer, eMASS, Xacta, or similar GRC platforms.
• Experience with Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure AI, Power Platform, and Power Automate.
• Experience supporting government or regulated industry customers.
• Familiarity with continuous monitoring, compliance automation, and cybersecurity operations.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• 5+ years of DevOps, Platform Engineering, Software Engineering, or Solution Engineering experience.
• 2+ years supporting AI, automation, or machine learning platforms in production environments.
• U.S. Citizenship preferred. Ability to obtain and maintain government suitability requirements as needed.

Why Join C2 Labs?

You'll have the opportunity to shape a first-of-its-kind AI-powered compliance platform that combines intelligent agents, enterprise knowledge systems, and automation to transform how organizations achieve and maintain compliance in highly regulated environments.

EEO STATEMENT: 

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or protected veteran status. Employment offers will be contingent on passing a pre-employment drug screen.