Principal ML/AI Engineer (United States)

Principal AI/ML Engineer | Build the AI capability, not just the models

I’m working with an organisation looking for a Principal AI/ML Engineer to help shape how AI is engineered, deployed and scaled across the business.

This is not a purely strategic role . You’ll be hands-on with production ML while also setting the technical direction, engineering standards and MLOps practices across the organisation.

What you’ll be doing

Design and build production-grade ML solutions

Shape the AI/ML platform and architecture

Establish best practice across MLOps, deployment, monitoring and retraining

Own the end-to-end model lifecycle

Build monitoring around performance, drift and bias

Champion Responsible AI, governance and model risk

Work closely with Data, Platform, Architecture, Security and business teams

Create reusable frameworks, reference implementations and technical standards

Mentor engineers and lead technical reviews

Evaluate emerging AI technologies and turn them into practical solutions

What were looking for:

Someone with strong hands-on experience across:

Python & SQL

Machine Learning / modern ML frameworks

⚙️ MLOps & production ML

Statistics & ML techniques

Responsible AI

☁️ AI/ML platforms & model lifecycle management

You’ll also need to be comfortable operating at Principal level - influencing architecture, challenging existing approaches, communicating with senior stakeholders and raising the engineering bar around you.

Why it’s interesting

You won’t just be building another model and moving onto the next project.

You’ll have genuine influence over how AI is built, governed, deployed and improved across the organisation .

If you're a senior AI/ML engineer who wants to stay technical while having a real say in the direction of AI, I'd love to speak.