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Principal AI EngineerJob SummaryWe are seeking a highly skilled Principal AI Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of AI-powered platforms and developer productivity solutions. This role combines deep backend engineering expertise with modern AI technologies to build scalable, production-ready systems that enhance software development workflows. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader who has evolved from backend, platform, infrastructure, or DevOps engineering into AI and agentic workflows, and is passionate about applying AI to solve complex engineering challenges.Key Responsibilities<ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered applications, services, and developer productivity tools for production environments.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Lead the architecture and implementation of scalable backend systems that integrate AI and agentic workflows.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Build and enhance developer platforms, software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes, and engineering automation.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Collaborate with engineering, product, and infrastructure teams to define technical strategy and deliver AI-driven solutions.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation for AI-enabled applications.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Optimize system reliability, scalability, performance, and security across cloud-native environments.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) and support containerized application deployments.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Evaluate emerging AI technologies and identify opportunities to improve engineering efficiency and developer experience.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Serve as a technical mentor and trusted advisor, providing architectural guidance and best practices across engineering teams.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, technical standards, and continuous process improvement.</li>
</ul>Qualifications<ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Extensive experience designing and building large-scale backend systems in production environments.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Strong background in platform engineering, site reliability engineering (SRE), DevOps, or cloud infrastructure.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Hands-on experience developing AI-powered applications, agentic workflows, or AI-assisted software development solutions.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, release management processes, and deployment automation.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Strong proficiency with modern backend programming languages and distributed system architecture.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Experience with containerization technologies and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Experience implementing infrastructure as code using industry-standard tools.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Strong knowledge of cloud platforms, with AWS experience preferred.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Excellent problem-solving, communication, and technical leadership skills.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Ability to mentor engineering teams while remaining actively involved in hands-on development.</li>
</ul>Preferred Qualifications<ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Experience building or modernizing developer platforms or software development lifecycle (SDLC) functions.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Experience developing AI-assisted coding tools, agentic code generation platforms, or automated software engineering workflows.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Knowledge of large language models (LLMs), AI orchestration frameworks, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), or autonomous agent architectures.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Experience integrating AI into production software development pipelines.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Passion for emerging AI technologies and applying them to improve developer productivity, automation, and engineering operations.</li>
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Principal AI Engineer

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Principal AI Engineer to lead the
design, development, and deployment of AI-powered platforms and
developer productivity solutions. This role combines deep backend
engineering expertise with modern AI technologies to build
scalable, production-ready systems that enhance software
development workflows. The ideal candidate is a hands-on
technical leader who has evolved from backend, platform,
infrastructure, or DevOps engineering into AI and agentic
workflows, and is passionate about applying AI to solve complex
engineering challenges.

Key Responsibilities

* Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered applications, services,
and developer productivity tools for production environments.
* Lead the architecture and implementation of scalable backend
systems that integrate AI and agentic workflows.
* Build and enhance developer platforms, software development
lifecycle (SDLC) processes, and engineering automation.
* Collaborate with engineering, product, and infrastructure teams
to define technical strategy and deliver AI-driven solutions.
* Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
for AI-enabled applications.
* Optimize system reliability, scalability, performance, and
security across cloud-native environments.
* Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) and support
containerized application deployments.
* Evaluate emerging AI technologies and identify opportunities to
improve engineering efficiency and developer experience.
* Serve as a technical mentor and trusted advisor, providing
architectural guidance and best practices across engineering
teams.
* Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, technical
standards, and continuous process improvement.
Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or
a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
* Extensive experience designing and building large-scale backend
systems in production environments.
* Strong background in platform engineering, site reliability
engineering (SRE), DevOps, or cloud infrastructure.
* Hands-on experience developing AI-powered applications, agentic
workflows, or AI-assisted software development solutions.
* Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines,
release management processes, and deployment automation.
* Strong proficiency with modern backend programming languages
and distributed system architecture.
* Experience with containerization technologies and orchestration
platforms such as Kubernetes.
* Experience implementing infrastructure as code using
industry-standard tools.
* Strong knowledge of cloud platforms, with AWS experience
preferred.
* Excellent problem-solving, communication, and technical
leadership skills.
* Ability to mentor engineering teams while remaining actively
involved in hands-on development.
Preferred Qualifications

* Experience building or modernizing developer platforms or
software development lifecycle (SDLC) functions.
* Experience developing AI-assisted coding tools, agentic code
generation platforms, or automated software engineering
workflows.
* Knowledge of large language models (LLMs), AI orchestration
frameworks, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), or autonomous
agent architectures.
* Experience integrating AI into production software development
pipelines.
* Passion for emerging AI technologies and applying them to
improve developer productivity, automation, and engineering
operations.

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