Principal Engineer - AI Products & Platform, Remote

10+ years of engineering experience architecting and scaling reliable backend or platform systems for millions of users.

Proven track record in V0, V1, and V2 architecture and delivery - guiding large teams (50+ engineers) across multiple product areas.

Strong background in architecting or implementing AI-driven features - with the ability to translate AI capabilities into scalable, user-facing products

Experience designing platform and API ecosystems that serve broad horizontal product spaces

Deep hands-on expertise with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), event streaming (Kafka), and large-scale database systems

Expertise in containerization/orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and modern CI/CD pipelines

Experience engineering systems for scalability, high availability, and security — with a focus on sensitive or regulated data

Familiarity with database replication, sharding, and other techniques critical to distributed systems performance and resiliency

Ability to lead and mentor senior engineering talent, shaping architecture decisions and technical direction across multiple teams

Demonstrated success evaluating and adopting emerging technologies to drive company-wide technical strategies