Principal AI SDLC Coach

Job Title: Principal AI SDLC Coach

Location: Minneapolis, MN (Remote)

Job Type: C2C

Job Description

As a Principal AI Driven SDLC Coach, you serve as the senior technical authority responsible for end-to-end coaching and governance of AI-driven full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

You design robust engineering guardrail harnesses and deliver structured hands-on coaching covering every SDLC phase. You standardize repeatable, secure, production-grade AI- augmented workflows for engineering teams, mitigate LLM hallucinations, technical debt security vulnerabilities and inconsistent deliverables across the entire development lifecycle while empowering engineers to maximize AI efficiency without compromising software quality compliance and stability

Key Responsibilities

• Full AI Driven SDLC Coaching amp Hands On Enablement Lead formal training 1:1 deep coaching, team workshops and live code clinics covering the complete AI-powered SDLC workflow
• Security Analysis amp Threat Modelling Train engineers to leverage AI tools for automated vulnerability scanning, attack surface mapping, OWASP compliance checks data leakage risk assessment at the design phase
• Code Review Governance Coach human in the loop AI code auditing build checklist driven review frameworks to validate logic correctness readability performance and compliance of LLM generated code
• Unit amp Integration Testing Train teams to use AI for test case auto generation edge case enumeration, mock data creation, automated test coverage validation, and regression test suite construction
• CI/CD Pipeline AI Integration: Coach embedding AI tools into build pipelines: pre-commit validation gates, in-flight code scanning test auto execution artifact auditing, and deployment approval automation within CI/CD workflows. AI SDLC Harness Architecture amp Tooling Build
• Design develop and maintain enterprise grade technical harnesses