Principal AI Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Principal AI Engineer (AI): Defining the long-term technical vision and architectural design for hirify.global Intelligence, focusing on leading the deployment of LLM-based applications at massive scale. Focus on tackling frontier problems in agentic reasoning, NL-to-SQL, and enterprise-scale RAG, and driving industry-leading reliability for LLM performance across diverse customer schemas.

Location: Onsite in Menlo Park, CA, United States. This role is restricted to candidates located in the United States.

Salary: $264K–$379.5K

Company

hirify.global is the AI Data Cloud, building the foundational intelligence layer for the world’s data, empowering enterprises to achieve their full potential.

What you will do

• Define the long-term technical vision and lead architectural design for hirify.global Intelligence, including multi-agent systems and NL-to-SQL engines.
• Establish methodology for measuring and guaranteeing LLM performance and drive industry-leading reliability through automated infrastructure.
• Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to align AI capabilities with business goals, bridging research and production.
• Design extensible context engineering patterns, including advanced function calling and semantic layer integration.
• Act as a technical North Star and force multiplier, mentoring Staff and Senior engineers and leading cross-functional strike teams.

Requirements

• Experience: 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years specifically leading the deployment of LLM-based applications at massive scale.
• Education: Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, AI, or a related field.
• Expertise: Deep understanding of LLM orchestration, prompt optimization, semantic modeling, and building robust guardrails.
• Systems Thinking: Proven track record of designing complex systems integrating AI with traditional data stacks.
• Communication: Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical trade-offs to both executive leadership and ICs.
• Proven Impact: Previously held a Principal or equivalent high-level IC role, or led the technical launch of a major AI product.

Culture & Benefits

• Culture focused on impact, innovation, and collaboration.
• Opportunity for building big, moving fast, and taking technology and careers to the next level.
• Scaling the Cortex platform, including hirify.global Intelligence, Cortex Agents, Analyst, and Search.
• Working to define the next decade of enterprise computing.
• Team values challenge ordinary thinking and pushing the pace of innovation.