Principal Software Engineer, AI

Role Description

Clari + Salesloft are building the next era of enterprise revenue - one where teams make confident decisions powered by AI and real signals. Join us to help transform how companies around the world run revenue - and build the platform that will guide leading revenue teams into the future.

You will be a key member of our fast-growing and high-performing AI Platform team in the US, owning the design and build-out of our AI Context Layer. On a day-to-day basis, you will be responsible to:

• Embed with feature teams across the organization to understand their needs from the context layer.
• Build the technical vision and roadmap for our Context Layer, including a knowledge graph, RAG engines, and retrieval/search infrastructure.
• Design and own the access control and RBAC model for the context layer.
• Define and evolve the APIs, SDKs, and developer interfaces for interaction with the context layer.
• Identify data platform dependencies and work closely with data engineering.
• Drive architecture discussions, design and code reviews, and set technical standards.
• Address governance and security requirements around data access, lineage, and auditability.
• Contribute to hiring strong and diverse talent.
• Contribute actively to internal documentation, onboarding, and platform adoption programs.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong focus on data-layer or search/retrieval infrastructure.
• Proven experience designing and building knowledge graphs and/or large-scale retrieval and search systems in production.
• Deep expertise in RAG architectures, vector databases, and embedding-based retrieval.
• Strong understanding of access control and RBAC design in multi-tenant, data-rich environments.
• Experience designing developer-facing APIs and SDKs.
• Familiarity with data governance, lineage, and audit-ability requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical direction across multiple teams.
• Experience with Python and/or Java.
• Excellent communication skills.

Requirements

• Passion for leading-edge technologies to develop AI-driven enterprise-grade applications.
• Ability to connect the dots across multiple technical domains.

Benefits

• Competitive wages and salaries.
• Performance bonus, benefits, and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans.

Company Description

At Clari + Salesloft, we are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive workplace where everyone belongs and can thrive. We focus on culture add, not culture fit, and believe our teams are made stronger by the unique perspectives, experiences, and identities each person brings.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and provide employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other characteristic protected by law.