Principal Engineer (AI)

Location: U.S. Remote; must reside in the U.S. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The role is not eligible for employer visa sponsorship.

Base salary: $265,000–$300,000 annually, based on experience and level.

Company

hirify.global operates a digital ordering and order-management platform connecting clinicians, health systems, health plans, suppliers, and patients for post-acute medical equipment and supplies.

What you will do

• Define architectural standards and target states across an engineering division and multiple teams.
• Lead large-scale refactoring and decomposition of shared domain models while maintaining delivery momentum.
• Turn ambiguous, cross-team technical problems into clear decisions, plans, and shipped software.
• Set standards for AI-native engineering, including agentic coding, review and test acceleration, repo-native tooling, and MCP servers.
• Prototype and write production code on critical paths, review designs and pull requests, and favor pragmatic incremental rollouts.
• Lead technical discovery, sizing, quality, reliability, hiring, leveling, and organization-wide engineering standards.

Requirements

• At least 12 years of experience delivering production software, including significant experience at Staff level or above.
• Experience setting architecture across multiple teams or an engineering organization using Ruby on Rails or a similar open-source stack such as Python, Go, or TypeScript.
• Experience leading at least one large-scale refactoring or decomposition of a shared domain model, including the ability to explain what worked, what did not, and what would be changed.
• Ability to make and own high-stakes technical decisions under ambiguity and align Engineering, Product, and leadership through open communication.
• Daily hands-on use of AI coding tools and a clear perspective on their impact on architecture and engineering practice.
• Excellent written communication, with experience driving alignment through design documents and decision records.
• Must reside in the U.S. and be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer visa sponsorship.

Nice to have

• Healthcare experience, including FHIR, HL7, EHR integrations, clinical workflows, payer workflows, or experience in another regulated domain.
• Experience designing production LLM-backed or agentic systems.
• Experience operating in a large shared codebase with clear domain ownership boundaries.
• Deep familiarity with AWS, including ECS, RDS, and S3.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first culture with a dedicated NYC office and coworking reimbursement options.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including low-to-no-cost premium options, plus employer HSA contributions.
• 401(k), equity incentive plan, and an annual company-wide bonus opportunity of up to 15% based on company performance.
• Flexible vacation policy, five additional Summer Fridays, and home-office and wellness stipends.
• Monthly internet stipend and annual learning and development stipend.
• All new engineers participate in a 90-day review to calibrate level, title, compensation, and impact.