Principal Engineer, HashiCorp Integrations

Introduction A career in IBM Software means you’ll be part of a team that transforms our customer’s challenges into industry-leading solutions. We are an infinitely curious team, always seeking new possibilities, and dedicated to creating the world’s leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our network of IBMers. We are a team of deep product experts, ensuring exceptional client experiences, with a focus on delivery, excellence, and obsession over customer outcomes. This position involves contributing to HashiCorp’s offerings, now part of IBM, which empower organizations to automate and secure multi-cloud and hybrid environments. You will join a team managing the lifecycle of infrastructure and security, enhancing IBM’s cloud solutions to ensure enterprises achieve efficiency, security, and scalability in their cloud journey.Your role and responsibilities Team: Infrastructure Product Group Engineering (AKA Infrastructure Lifecycle management Eng)Role Summary We are seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the technical strategy for two critical initiatives that will define the future of Terraform: Agentic Resource Management and Accelerated Terraform Providers.In this high-leverage role, you will architect the “connective tissue” that allows AI agents to orchestrate the Terraform golden workflow-driving usage, retention, and commercial differentiation. You will look beyond simple code generation to build systems where agents can actively manage resources, automate provider updates, and remediate infrastructure incidentsAs a Principal Engineer at HashiCorp, you will operate as a force multiplier. You will not just build features but will act as a Sponsor for strategic programs, a Catalyst for experimental agentic workflows, and a Guide for the engineering team delivering these capabilities.Team OverviewYou will be the technical anchor for a team dedicated to accelerating AI workflows within IPG Org. This team is tasked to deliver impactful, commercially relevant features.The team’s dual mandate is:Agentic Resource Management: Enabling partners (via Integrations SDK) and AI agents (via MCP Server) to orchestrate Terraform runs, plan analysis, and error remediationAccelerated Terraform Providers: Building automation into the provider ecosystem to rapidly expand coverage for new Terraform features like Search & ActionsKey Responsibilities Using HashiCorp’s Principal Engineer Engagement Framework, you will adopt dynamic roles to ensure the success of these initiatives:As a Sponsor (Strategic Leadership):Drive the Agentic Resource Management Program: Lead the technical strategy for enabling “Code-to-Cloud” workflows where agents can fully manage the Infrastructure Lifecycle Management (ILM) workflowDefine the “Golden Workflow” for Agents: Architect how AI agents interact with Terraform Core and HCP Terraform.Ensure Commercial Alignment: Oversee the delivery of commercial MCP features, ensuring they align with strategic pillars like “Realize Customer Value” and “Drive Commercial Differentiation”As a Catalyst (Innovation Driver):Prototype “Accelerated Provider” Agents: Build the initial proofs-of-concept for agents that can automatically key capabilities to support existing Terraform Providers (AWS, Azure, Google, OCI etc).Kickstart Patch Management Workflows: creating the first “GitOps remediation” workflows where agents detect drift or errors and automatically generate patch pull requestsValidate Upgrade Assistants: Lead the technical exploration of AI-driven Terraform Version and Module upgrades to unburden customers from maintenance toil.As a Guide (Technical Authority):Architect the Commercial MCP Server: Provide deep oversight for the Terraform Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, ensuring it supports complex use cases like remote execution, account onboarding, and operational insights.Mentor the Team: Guide the engineers on the team through the complexities of building reliable “Plan Analyzers” and “Error Analyzers” that customers can trustStandardize Agent Patterns: Define the patterns for how our tools expose Prompts, Resources, and Tools to ecosystem partners like Azure Copilot, Amazon Q, and GitHub Copilot etc.Required education High School Diploma/GEDPreferred education Bachelor’s DegreeRequired technical and professional expertise Principal-Level Leadership: Ability to navigate ambiguity and switch contexts between high-level strategy (Sponsor) and hands-on prototyping (Catalyst)AI & Agentic Architecture: Experience designing systems where AI agents act as autonomous operators (planning, applying, remediating) rather than just chat assistantsDeep Terraform Ecosystem Knowledge: Understanding of the Terraform Provider SDK and internal architecture is critical for the “Accelerated Providers” initiativeStandards & Protocols: Familiarity with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and experience building tool-use interfaces for LLMsStrategic Communication: Capable of authoring RFCs and influencing cross-functional stakeholders to secure alignment on AI strategies.Preferred technical and professional experienceFamiliarity with HashiCorp/IBM Products and ServicesABOUT BUSINESS UNITIBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence-from machine learning to generative AI-to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM’s AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM’s hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments-a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.YOUR LIFE @ IBMIn a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.Are you ready to be an IBMer?ABOUT IBMIBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILSIBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.Job Title Principal Engineer, HashiCorp IntegrationsDate posted11-Dec-2025Job ID79188City / Township / VillageLOWELL, San Jose, AustinState / ProvinceTexas, Massachusetts, CaliforniaCountryUnited StatesWork arrangementHybridArea of workSoftware EngineeringEmployment type RegularContract typeRegularProjected Minimum Salary per year189,000.00Projected Maximum Salary per year324,000.00Position type Professional Travel requiredSome travel may be required based on business demandCompany (0147) International Business Machines CorporationShift General (daytime)Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?No

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