Principal AI Engineer
Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Fri, Jul 10, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days
Job Summary
Owning the data architecture and AI infrastructure for the platform, the full-time remote Principal AI Engineer will design and build data systems that support analytics, search, recommendations, and AI features while collaborating with engineering squads on data standards and governance.
Key responsibilities
- Own platform-wide data architecture, including capture standards, data modelling, and storage strategy
- Design and build data infrastructure for analytics, search, recommendations, and AI/agentic features
- Establish data quality, governance, and lineage standards across the organization, ensuring compliance with regulations like GDPR
Required qualifications
- Proven experience in owning data architecture at scale in a production SaaS environment
- Strong experience with operational databases (e.g., Postgres, MongoDB) and analytical systems (e.g., Redshift)
- Experience building and scaling data pipelines using tools such as Kinesis and Lambda
- Deep hands-on experience with LLMs and agentic systems
- DevOps fluency, including AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform
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