Principal Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Principal Engineer (AI/SaaS): Architecting and building an AI-powered contract intelligence platform to transform agreements into assets with an accent on distributed SaaS architecture and LLM integration. Focus on designing scalable multi-tenant systems, implementing RAG and semantic search, and driving end-to-end delivery of AI product experiences.

Location: Hybrid (San Francisco, CA). Office attendance is required at least twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Salary: $285,000 – $315,000

Company

hirify.global is a leading AI contracting platform that transforms legal agreements into intelligent assets for transformative organizations.

What you will do

• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers and designers to spec, design, and build AI-powered features.
• Own and evolve core platform architecture, focusing on service boundaries, data models, and multi-tenant scale.
• Build AI solutions applying LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), semantic search, and classification.
• Lead technical discussions, mentor engineers, and drive the end-to-end delivery of scalable production systems.
• Partner with quality engineers to define and maintain a robust testing strategy.
• Contribute to the growth of the engineering team through interviewing and recruiting.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software experience architecting, building, and maintaining complex systems.
• Deep experience designing large-scale, distributed SaaS or platform architectures (e.g., event-driven systems).
• Proven track record of shipping AI applications and AI-powered product features to production.
• Experience with LLM integration, retrieval, experimentation, and measurement.
• Must be based in or be able to work from San Francisco, CA for hybrid office attendance.
• Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with TypeScript, React, Node.js, Java, Docker, Kubernetes, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Culture & Benefits

• 100% health coverage for employees (medical, dental, and vision).
• Market-leading leave policies, including gender-neutral parental and compassionate leave.
• Flexible paid time off (PTO).
• 401(k) plan with employer match for US employees.
• Monthly stipends for wellbeing and hybrid work.
• Mental health support through Modern Health, including therapy and coaching.