Principal AI Engineer at Insight
Nashville, TN
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Aug 7, 2026
Nashville, TN
Nov 9, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A client-facing consulting role at a Fortune 500 IT services firm, focused on designing and building production-grade agentic AI systems for healthcare and enterprise clients. The engineer will work hands-on with Google Cloud and Vertex AI to deliver LLM-powered pipelines, RAG architectures, and MLOps practices that integrate with clinical workflows, EHRs, and regulated healthcare data environments. Strong fit for an experienced AI/software engineer comfortable embedding with client teams and bridging strategy to implementation.
Senior level · 6+ years · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 8 people in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 3–15
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $129,394 (middle half $101,208–$143,252).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 10, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The title says 'Principal' but the requirements (6+ years, client-facing consulting scope on a single practice area) align more closely with a Senior-level role on a standard career ladder. The 'Principal' designation appears to reflect Insight's internal titling convention rather than org-wide technical authority.
Python, TypeScript, and Go are listed together as a group of 'modern programming languages commonly used for AI application development'; Python is named first and is the dominant language in the AI/LLM ecosystem, so it is used as the primary skill with TypeScript and Go as alternatives. FastAPI and LangChain/LangGraph are named alongside them in the same required block and are extracted separately.
GKE and Cloud Run are listed together as container platforms in the required DevOps section; GKE is used as the primary with Cloud Run as an alternative since they serve the same deployment function in this context.
FHIR and HL7 are both named as healthcare data standards in the required qualifications; HL7 is listed as an alternative to FHIR since they are related standards in the same domain.
Gemini, Vertex AI Agent Builder, Vertex AI Search, Document AI, BigQuery, and Cloud Build appear in both the responsibilities narrative and the required qualifications block, but are framed as examples within the broader Vertex AI / Google Cloud requirement rather than individually gated skills — marked as preferred accordingly.
No compensation figures are stated in the posting.
Location is listed as 'Nashville, TN area preferred,' suggesting some flexibility but not explicitly fully remote.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Vertex AI Agent Builder.
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