Principal AI Systems Engineer
$170,000–$190,000 year
Remote · Auburn, Indiana, United States
Auburn, Indiana, United StatesRemoteFull Time$170,000–$190,000 yearSenior LevelNot SpecifiedUnknown
Type
Full Time
Level
Senior Level
Education
Not Specified
Company size
Unknown
Job Summary
Principal AI Systems Engineer role focused on building and governing an internal AI operating layer, secure AI data retrieval, governance, and scalable AI-powered workflows across SaaS tools, with emphasis on safe AI usage, data security, and producing production-ready automation and governance infrastructure for enterprise knowledge systems.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years in software engineering, data engineering, or platform/infrastructure roles, with at least 2 years focused on AI/ML systems or AI-powered tooling
- Demonstrated track record designing and implementing AI-powered retrieval systems, knowledge architectures, and workflow orchestration patterns in production environments
- Proficiency in Python, Node, Angular, and TypeScript; comfortable working across the stack from data pipelines to lightweight front-end interfaces
- Proven ability to build integrations across SaaS tools using APIs, webhooks, and automation platforms
- Strong understanding of context engineering: designing retrieval strategies, memory systems, and information architectures that make AI outputs reliable and high-quality
- Excellent communication: you can translate between technical architecture and business outcomes, and you can teach complex concepts to non-technical colleagues
- Comfortable operating autonomously, prioritizing ambiguous problems, and making pragmatic technical tradeoffs
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