Job Description
Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm. Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity. We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education. Position: Principal Full-Stack Engineer (AI & Cloud) Location: Virginia (Remote with once-per-month on-site requirement) Employment Type: W2 Contract The Role This is an Principal Full Stack Engineer who will bridge between business requirements and production grade AI systems. You will own features from initial requirements gathering to final deployment, operating with the mindset of a Business Analyst and the execution of a Principal Architect. Key Responsibilities Lead the full lifecycle of complex features: gathering requirements, designing architecture, hands-on coding, and deploying to production. AI Integration: Architect and build systems that bridge the gap between LLMs and real-world utility. This includes building MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers and implementing RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) to ground AI in proprietary data. Design and deploy AI agents using the Microsoft Agent Framework to automate multi-step tasks and API orchestrations. Build scalable Microservices and APIs on Azure, leveraging enterprise messaging and serverless patterns. Treat infrastructure as code using Terraform and manage robust CI/CD pipelines via GitHub Actions. Required Technical Skills 15+ years of experience with .NET (C#) and Angular . Deep expertise in Azure architecture, services, and CLI-based management. Proven experience building tools that connect AI models to external data/APIs. High proficiency in RAG and AI development workflows. Mastery of Microservices, RESTful APIs, and asynchronous messaging patterns. Hands-on experience with GitHub, CI/CD, and Terraform . Who You Are You don't just write code; you solve business problems. You enjoy the Business Analysis side of understanding why something needs to be built. You are actively experimenting with the latest AI protocols and frameworks to improve developer productivity and application intelligence. Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Candidate Privacy Policy Orion Systems Integrators, LLC And Its Subsidiaries And Its Affiliates (collectively, “Orion,” “we” Or “us”) Are Committed To Protecting Your Privacy. This Candidate Privacy Policy (orioninc.com) (“Notice”) Explains What information we collect during our application and recruitment process and why we collect it; How we handle that information; and How to access and update that information. Your use of Orion services is governed by any applicable terms in this notice and our general Privacy Policy.