Principal IT AI Engineer

Location: Remote within the United States; employees cannot be located in AL, AK, AR, DE, GA, HI, IL, IA, LA, ME, MD, MS, MO, NE, NV, NJ, NM, ND, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, WV, WI, or WY. The position is associated with Lexington, Kentucky, and follows regular day-shift hours.

Salary: $109,300–$143,430 per year, depending on experience, skills, and background.

Company

hirify.global provides semiconductor test and measurement technologies and services across characterization, modeling, reliability, design debug, qualification, and production test.

What you will do

• Design, develop, deploy, and support AI-enabled applications, automation solutions, enterprise software, integrations, APIs, workflows, and data-driven solutions.
• Partner with stakeholders across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, Human Resources, Sales, and IT to identify opportunities and translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Deliver solutions through requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, documentation, and production support.
• Build AI-enabled solutions with enterprise AI platforms, large language models, AI-assisted development tools, and workflow automation.
• Troubleshoot complex application issues and improve reliability, performance, maintainability, security, and user experience.
• Work with Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, and Data teams; establish reusable engineering patterns and guide less-experienced developers and business solution owners.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years with a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years of experience; or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on experience developing, deploying, and supporting production software applications or enterprise solutions.
• Strong programming experience with one or more of Java, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, or C#.
• Experience building and consuming APIs, integrations, and cloud-based services.
• Knowledge of source control, testing, code reviews, CI/CD, monitoring, production support, secure development, authentication, authorization, data protection, and application security.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools, generative AI, large language models, or related AI technologies.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot Studio, GitHub Copilot, Power Platform, AI agents, LLMs, prompt engineering, and workflow automation.
• Experience with Azure, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Databricks, SQL Server, cloud-native services, data integration, data pipelines, analytics, and reporting platforms.
• Experience with GitHub, Git, automated testing, deployment automation, release management, enterprise integrations, ERP platforms, workflow orchestration, business intelligence, data visualization, and digital workplace solutions.
• Experience supporting global organizations, manufacturing operations, semiconductor, or other high-tech environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with regular day-shift hours.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase plan, and paid time off.
• Quarterly profit-sharing bonuses and flexible spending or savings accounts.
• Equal employment opportunity protections apply across recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, and compensation.