Principal Engineer (AI Fluent)
Core
Principal Engineer owning the full lifecycle of AI-driven solutions, from problem definition to production delivery and monitoring, using AI coding tools as a primary lever for speed and quality.
Role type
Principal Engineer (AI Fluent)
Builds
Production AI systems with agentic architectures, orchestration, and multi-step workflows for global financial operations.
Domain
Fintech / Global Payments / AI Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Backend engineering, AI system production experience, agentic architecture design, evaluation harness creation, full-stack range (prompt/RAG/orchestrator/backend), production reliability focus
Preferred skills
Fintech or regulated-environment experience
Technologies
Claude Code, Cursor, LLMs, RAG pipelines, orchestrators
Responsibilities
Own the full loop from problem understanding to production support, build with AI as the primary tool, co-design decision logic with stakeholders, build evaluation harnesses before shipping, own production monitoring and alerting, raise the bar in design reviews and code quality
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic impact