Principal AI Engineer (GenAI)

TL;DR

Principal AI Engineer (GenAI): Building and optimizing AI platform patterns, agent orchestration, and governance hooks for legal and HR solutions with an accent on scalability and production-ready AI systems. Focus on designing RAG architectures, implementing agent coordination patterns, and providing technical leadership across multiple engineering teams.

Location: Must be based in the US (100% remote within the US)

Salary: $200,000 – $220,000 Annually USD

Company

hirify.global provides world-class software products that simplify operations in Legal, Risk, Compliance, and HR functions for Fortune 500 companies globally.

What you will do

• Set technical direction across multiple services and teams with broad autonomy.
• Define AI platform patterns including agent orchestration, tooling, governance hooks, and evaluation surfaces.
• Design and build production systems in Python across the AI stack.
• Serve as a technical advisor and embedded resource to solve complex technical problems.
• Own reliability, testing, CI/CD, and operational standards across multiple teams.
• Mentor engineers and influence staffing and roadmap priorities.

Requirements

• Principal-level experience as a technical leader who sets direction while writing production code.
• Deep expertise in Python and backend service development for production APIs.
• Experience in cloud platform engineering, preferably with AWS.
• Proficiency in GenAI/LLM application engineering (RAG, embeddings, prompting, guardrails).
• Experience with agent tooling and integration protocols such as MCP.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have

• Frontend / web UI development.
• Data warehouse engineering.
• NoSQL / document databases.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive Health, Dental & Vision Insurance.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Open PTO, 11 paid holidays, and 4 Annual Paid Global Wellness Days Off.
• Paid parental leave and pet insurance.
• Professional development opportunities via LinkedIn Learning.
• Supportive, inclusive culture centered around individual excellence and learning.