Principal Engineer
Core
Senior Principal Engineer building end-to-end AI and data systems for strategic customers, moving from discovery to production adoption.
Role type
Senior IC Principal Engineer (Customer-Facing Platform)
Builds
Production AI applications, data pipelines, agentic workflows, and RAG systems on the Shakudo platform.
Domain
Enterprise AI, Data Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | client delivery
Required skills
LLM/AI application development, Kubernetes, cloud-native infrastructure, data engineering, production programming languages, systems thinking, customer-facing communication
Preferred skills
Experience in regulated industries (finance, government, healthcare), modern data stack (Spark, Airflow, Databricks, Snowflake), sensor/geospatial data application
Technologies
Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, Python, Go, TypeScript, Java, Scala, Spark, Airflow, Databricks, Snowflake
Responsibilities
Embed with customer teams to understand business problems and workflows; Define success metrics and adoption paths; Translate customer needs into technical scopes and architectures; Build and deploy AI/data applications and data pipelines; Operate Shakudo in complex environments (cloud, hybrid, on-prem); Handle production support and incident response; Convert customer work into reusable patterns and product feedback.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic customer focus
