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Principal AI Engineer, Payments Roseville, CA - HQ / Austin, TX / Bentonville, AR / Dallas, TX / Irvine, CA / Lehi, UT / Plano, TX / San Francisco, CA / West Palm Beach, FLSoftware Engineering – Engineering /Full Time /Hybrid APPLY FOR THIS JOB About GoodLeap: GoodLeap is a technology company delivering best-in-class financing and software products for sustainable solutions, from solar panels and batteries to energy-efficient HVAC, heat pumps, roofing, windows, and more. Over 1 million homeowners have benefited from our simple, fast, and frictionless technology that makes the adoption of these products more affordable, accessible, and easier to understand. Thousands of professionals deploying home efficiency and solar solutions rely on GoodLeap’s proprietary, AI-powered applications and developer tools to drive more transparent customer communication, deeper business intelligence, and streamlined payment and operations. Our platform has led to more than $30 billion in financing for sustainable solutions since 2018. GoodLeap is also proud to support our award-winning nonprofit, GivePower, which is building and deploying life-saving water and clean electricity systems, changing the lives of more than 1.6 million people across Africa, Asia, and South America. About The Role We’re looking for a passionate and experienced Principal AI Agent Engineer to join our team that owns the core of our payments technology. In this role, you’ll help design, build, and scale both our payments platform and customer-facing payment products, ensuring they are secure, reliable, and performant. You’ll collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to deliver seamless payments experiences that power every transaction.  At the heart of this role is helping to shape and execute our AI strategy with Agents powered by LLMs and other AI technologies. You’ll explore and implement how intelligent agents can transform payments — from automating complex workflows to delivering personalized and adaptive product experiences. You’ll balance near-term product needs with building long-term platform capabilities that enable innovation at scale.  Key Responsibilities Design and lead backend architecture that supports AI/ML-powered features across Web, Mobile, SMS/Voice, and API surfaces  Own end-to-end technical strategy for embedding LLMs, embedding stores, MCP Servers, and personalized content delivery  Architect and implement agentic workflows, enabling LLM-powered Agents to orchestrate tools, APIs, and data sources to deliver intelligent, adaptive payment experiences  Partner with product and design to scope features, validate feasibility, and ensure execution aligns with business impact  Build tools and services (including MCP Server integrations) to help other team members experiment and ship AI-enhanced features responsibly and efficiently  Influence engineering standards and promote excellence in observability, performance, and security  Mentor engineers across teams, helping them level up in areas of backend architecture, AI integration, and delivery quality  Collaborate with cross-functional partners across QA, Mobile, Data, Product, and Marketing  Required Qualifications 8+ years of experience in backend development, with at least 2+ years working with AI/ML solutions or LLMs  Experience developing and deploying MCP Servers and working with the Model Context Protocol ecosystem  Hands-on experience designing and implementing agentic workflows using LLMs, including orchestration across APIs, tools, and data sources  Experience working with vector databases, embeddings, and semantic search  Familiarity with MLOps, CI/CD for AI pipelines, and AI observability tools  Strong experience in one or more of the following languages: Node.js, Python, C#, TypeScript  Strong experience designing and building APIs, including REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and event-driven architectures (e.g., Webhooks, Pub/Sub, Kafka) Strong experience with cloud a ... (truncated, view full listing at source)