Principal AI Engineer

Role Overview

We are looking for a Principal AI Engineer to guide a distributed team of developers in building modern, scalable, and AI-integrated software solutions. As a technical leader, you'll be responsible for architectural oversight, system design, and AI strategy. You will play a crucial role in mentoring our global distributed developers, helping them decompose complex features into clear, modular tasks and leveraging AI tools to improve the speed, quality, and innovation of our delivery.

This is a highly impactful role, ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of software engineering, AI-assisted development, and technical leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership & Architecture: You will provide technical leadership for the team, guiding the design, development, and deployment of software solutions that leverage AI to solve complex business problems. You will be responsible for designing scalable, modular systems and communicating architectural decisions across services and domains. You will ensure all development aligns with modern architectural principles like domain-driven design and micro-services.
• Agentic AI & Prompt Engineering: You will be a subject matter expert in Agentic AI integration. This includes architecting and building robust MCPs/APIs and AI Agents to facilitate AI capabilities within our existing platforms. You will also develop and refine prompt strategies to guide AI agents in writing code, documentation, and tests, leveraging LLM tools to automate repetitive tasks and improve overall development efficiency.
• System Design & Task Decomposition: You'll translate high-level product goals into actionable engineering tasks that are optimized for both human and AI execution. You will also provide in-depth code reviews (for both human- and AI-generated code), ensuring performance, security, and correctness across our entire codebase.
• Mentorship & Coaching: You will actively mentor our globally distributed developers, providing technical guidance and fostering a learning culture focused on AI tool adoption, clean code practices, and modern software design.
• DevOps & CI/CD: You will collaborate on optimizing our build and deployment pipelines by integrating AI-enhanced review and testing steps to streamline our delivery process.

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience , with a focus on design/architectural technical leadership.
• 2+ years of experience working with AI/ML models in a production environment .
• A strong background in backend or full-stack technologies (Python).
• Demonstrated experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools like Claude Code, Devin AI, GH Copilot or various GPT APIs.
• Strong system design (focused on RAG/Agentic systems) and task decomposition skills .
• Proven experience leading distributed engineering teams .
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English .
• Exposure to AI agent frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGPT, AgentCore).
• Experience with domain-driven design (DDD) or MCPs/Micro-services architecture.
• Experience with vector/graph databases, embeddings, or other LLM infrastructure.

Preferred Qualifications

• A portfolio or examples of previous work demonstrating a passion for AI-driven software development.
• Prior experience in a fast-paced SaaS or startup environment.
• Knowledge of the HR, Legal, or Risk industries.

What You'll Gain

This isn't just a leadership role; it's a chance to be at the forefront of AI-integrated development . You will have the unique opportunity to shape how AI tools are used in modern software delivery and help us build a more efficient, innovative engineering organization. You will be part of a collaborative, mentorship-focused team where you can make a significant and lasting impact.

We will disclose intended pay ranges in our job ads for US-based opportunities – This role can be performed 100% remote anywhere in the US. Anticipated Pay Range: $180K – $200K Annually USD .

Total compensation includes US employee benefits and annual bonus eligibility.