Senior Principal Engineer

What you'll do

• Set the technical vision for AI across the software development lifecycle and build infrastructure teams adopt.
• Build and prototype systems for measuring AI effectiveness, providing context, and running AI reliably and affordably at scale.
• Partner across engineering and product, make build-versus-buy decisions, and mentor senior engineers.

What they ask for

• 12+ years in hands-on technical leadership roles, with end-to-end ownership across the software development lifecycle.
• Track record of setting technical direction across a function or organization and aligning many engineers.
• Deep expertise building large-scale systems in one or more of distributed systems and cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, data and measurement systems, or applied AI.
• Strong technical depth, judgment on cost, scale, and return on investment, and experience influencing decision makers and turning ambiguity into a clear plan.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with modern AI systems such as large language models, agents, or AI developer tools.
• Background in developer experience, developer productivity, or the tooling and infrastructure behind CI and CD.

Pay

$243,900 - $318,425 USD base salary; $219,510 - $286,583 USD base salary; $202,437 - $264,293 USD base salary

Tools

large language models, agents, AI developer tools, CI, CD

AI focus

Build AI foundations for engineering: evaluate AI effectiveness, provide useful context, operate AI reliably and affordably at scale, and shape AI tools and customer capabilities.