Principal Engineer (AI)

Location: Remote, with Warsaw or Cracow, Poland listed

Company

hirify.global is part of InPost Group, a publicly traded European out-of-home deliveries company operating intelligent parcel locker networks and customer-facing logistics products across multiple markets.

What you will do

• Define architectural standards, engineering principles, practices, and technology standards across the organization.
• Identify and solve systemic technical challenges spanning multiple domains and teams.
• Lead cross-team and cross-domain technical initiatives and connect architecture with product and business needs.
• Contribute to technology strategy for AI and guide the target architecture and technology roadmap.
• Mentor Staff Engineers and help develop senior technical leaders.
• Support technical due diligence for strategic partnerships and M&A, and represent the company through conferences, publications, and industry initiatives.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience designing and developing large-scale distributed systems, including 3+ years of technical impact beyond a single team in a Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Architect, or equivalent role.
• Experience making long-term architectural decisions across multiple teams and establishing engineering standards.
• Strong engineering background with the ability to engage in detailed technical discussions; regular hands-on coding is not the primary focus.
• Experience building customer-facing products and influencing their technical and product direction.
• Experience mentoring senior engineers and communicating effectively with engineering teams and C-level stakeholders.
• Experience with public cloud and cloud-native architectures, scalability, reliability, observability, APIs, and system integration.
• Proficiency in using AI tools and large language models such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or Claude, including critically evaluating outputs and applying them responsibly.
• Professional English proficiency at C1 level is required.
• Java is the preferred backend technology, but candidates from other backend ecosystems are considered; depth of engineering experience and architectural judgment are most important.

Nice to have

• Experience in logistics, e-commerce, or marketplace environments.
• Experience with on-premises-to-cloud migrations and large-scale mobile or web applications.
• Knowledge of security and data protection.
• Experience with payment, notification, or tracking systems, including event-driven and real-time architectures.
• Experience in an international environment or a previous managerial role.
• Cloud certifications such as GCP Professional Cloud Architect.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role in a diverse, international, cross-functional environment with senior experts.
• Exposure to senior leadership and the e-commerce and logistics industries.
• Flexible hours and an excellent working environment.
• Benefits, training opportunities, and career development in a growing European company.
• Opportunity to contribute to sustainability, convenient deliveries, and the circular economy.
• B2B type of contract is offered.