Principal Software Engineer

Keurig Dr Pepper • Frisco, TX • 15h ago

Job Overview:

Principal Software Engineer for Enterprise AI Services

Lead cross-functional engineering teams delivering GenAI, agentic AI, RPA, AI/ML, and low-code/no-code capabilities across ~28k employees. This is not a hands-on coding role. You will set standards and guardrails, direct execution, and ensure secure, compliant, measurable outcomes.

What we are looking for:

Translate business goals into prioritized roadmaps; run intake, planning, reviews, and release readiness across multiple squads.

Establish and enforce engineering standards for prompts/agents, safety, evaluations, telemetry, CI/CD, and change control.

Stand up governed pathways for low-code/no-code (environments, DLP, connector approvals, promotion flows).

Define reliability and cost guardrails for AI workloads (SLOs, incident playbooks, FinOps hygiene) and review service health.

Build and maintain a reusable accelerator catalog (RAG/agent templates, bot/flow patterns).

Guide modernization and tech-debt reduction; oversee upgrade plans and risk mitigation.

Coach tech leads; partner with Security, Architecture Data, and Legal on compliance-by-design.

Coordinate with internal platform teams and open-source communities to align on standards.

Who you are

Proven leadership across multiple engineering teams in SDLC/Agile/DevOps at enterprise scale.

Deep understanding of distributed systems, APIs/events, data practices, and AI/ML/agentic patterns (planning, tool-use, memory, evals).

Experience governing RPA and low-code programs at scale.

Security mindset (least privilege, data minimization, prompt-injection/exfiltration defenses).

Excellent communication; able to influence executives, business stakeholders, and engineers.

Total Rewards:

Salary Range: $117,000 - $150,000

Actual placement within the compensation range may vary depending on experience, skills, and other factors

Benefits, subject to election and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Paid Time Off (including paid parental leave, vacation, and sick time), 401k with company match, Tuition Reimbursement, and Mileage Reimbursement

Annual bonus based on performance and eligibility

Requirements:

Education/Experience:

Bachelor's in CS/IS or equivalent; 5+ years minimum as a developer/engineer; enterprise leadership experience required.Open-source familiarity (examples; no vendors

Expert?knowledge of system dev. life cycle (SDLC) methodologies (e.g., waterfall, spiral,?SAFe, agile, rapid prototyping, incremental, synchronize and stabilize and DevOps).

Expert?knowledge of software design concepts, application servers, middleware applications and other software-related tools and concepts.

Expert?knowledge of relational databases (e.g., MySQL,?PostGreSQL, Oracle).

Expert?knowledge of Operating Systems (Linux, UNIX, MacOS etc.).

Expert skills in web and mobile development.

Expert?ability to design and code?the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems.

Expert?ability?to communicate technical information to other technical team members but also to coworkers in other departments who may not have knowledge of networking technical terminology.

Expert?ability to be flexible in behaviors and work practices and respond to change with a positive attitude and a willingness to learn.?

Expert ability to manage several projects simultaneously from design to implementation.

Proven?ability?to provide indirect leadership to teams executing technical work.

Agentic/orchestration:LangChain, LlamaIndex, LangGraph, AutoGen/CrewAI

MLOps/workflows:MLflow, Kubeflow, Airflow/Prefect, DVC, Feast

Vectors/NLP:pgvector, FAISS/Milvus/Qdrant, Transformers/embedding libraries

Automation/low-code OSS: Robot Framework, TagUI, n8n, Appsmith

Observability:OpenTelemetry

Company Overview:

Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ: KDP) is a leading beverage company in North America, with a portfolio of more than 125 owned, licensed and partner brands and powerful distribution capabilities to provide a beverage for every need, anytime, anywhere. We operate with a differentiated business model and world-class brand portfolio, powered by a talented and engaged team that is anchored in our values. We work with big, exciting beverage brands and the #1 single-serve coffee brewing system in North America at KDP, and we have fun doing it!

Together, we have built a leading beverage company in North America offering hot and cold beverages together at scale. Whatever your area of expertise, at KDP you can be a part of a team that's proud of its brands, partnerships, innovation, and growth. Will you join us?

We strive to be an?employer of choice, providing a culture and opportunities that empower our team of ~29,000 employees to grow and develop. We offer robust benefits to support your health and wellness as well as your personal and financial well-being. We also provide employee programs designed to enhance your professional growth and development, while ensuring you feel valued, inspired and appreciated at work.

Keurig Dr Pepper is an equal opportunity employer and recruits qualified applicants and advances in employment its employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability or association with a person with a disability, medical condition, genetic information, ethnic or national origin, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Keurig Dr Pepper is an equal opportunity employer and affirmatively seeks diversity in its workforce. Keurig Dr Pepper recruits qualified applicants and advances in employment its employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability or association with a person with a disability, medical condition, genetic information, ethnic or national origin, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

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