Principal Software Engineer – AI

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead the design, development, and execution of intricate software systems and solutions, encompassing AI-driven semantic search, vector databases, RAG architectures, and LLM orchestration.

• Convert business requirements into technical designs and assist the team in implementing them through iterative processes.

• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to establish project objectives, scope, and timelines.

• Mentor and guide team members while fostering knowledge sharing and a culture of continuous learning.

• Write reusable code, develop libraries, perform code reviews, maintain code quality, and uphold coding standards.

• Advocate for AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Codex.

• Create "golden pathways" and developer-experience tools that enhance engineering capabilities.

• Propel technical innovation and drive process improvements.

• Uphold architectural integrity while ensuring iterative, gated delivery of projects.

• Assess emerging technologies and their potential influence on software solutions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in software engineering, computer science, information technology, or equivalent experience.

• Over 10 years of proven experience in SaaS development, primarily focused on building user-facing production features using a modern web stack.

• 5–7 years of experience in developing web applications utilizing C# and .NET Core.

• More than 5 years of experience with RESTful design patterns and microservices architecture, including high-scale cloud mechanisms such as event hubs, messaging systems, and data lakes.

• At least 1 year of experience with AI-powered development tools like Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar, with a proven capability to leverage AI assistants to enhance development speed and code quality.

• Experience in one or more AI/ML domains: semantic search, vector databases, RAG frameworks, LLM orchestration, prompt engineering, or AI tooling development.

• Exceptional troubleshooting skills with the ability to analyze and resolve challenging problems swiftly.

• Experience in high-transaction, high-security environments requiring SOC2 and ISO27001 compliance.

• Strong expertise in CI/CD pipelines and Git workflows; ideally with Azure DevOps.

• Mastery of agile development methodologies and DevOps practices.

• Proven track record of technical leadership in software development projects.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work with company-provided equipment (laptop, software, etc.).

• Employment with a growing, casual, fun, and philanthropic-minded organization.

• Comprehensive, high-quality medical/prescription drug plan options, along with dental and vision plan offerings.

• Employer contributions to Health Savings Account (HSA) for eligible High Deductible Healthcare Plan participants.

• Medical Flexible Spending Accounts.

• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.

• Basic life insurance of $50,000 or 1x salary, whichever is higher.

• Short- and long-term disability and Accidental Death and Dismemberment benefits at no cost.

• 401K Retirement Savings Plan with automatic enrollment and company match up to 4%.

• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Holiday.

• Employer-paid life and accidental death insurance.

• Contribution to Health Care Spending Account.

• Dependent life insurance.

• Optional life insurance.

• LTD insurance.

• Drug and paramedical coverage.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).

• Superannuation rate of 12%.

• Monthly stipend of $400 AUD to purchase private medical insurance.

• Pension (Aegon), with employer contribution of 8% of basic salary.

• Private medical insurance.

• Life assurance.

• Income protection.

• Critical illness coverage.

• Employee Assistance Programme.

• Serious illness benefit.

• Help@Hand.

• Cashplan.