About this role

Operating as a player-coach, the full-time remote Principal Engineer, AI Labs will own system architecture on GCP, lead development of event-driven data pipelines, and drive AI platform integration while mentoring engineers and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Key responsibilities Own system design on GCP, including service boundaries and reliability trade-offs Lead development of event-driven data pipelines using Airflow, Spark, and Big Data tooling Drive AI platform integration using open-source LLMs and define prompt optimization strategies Required qualifications 12+ years of software engineering experience; 5+ years as a Tech Lead or project lead Expert-level proficiency in Go, Python, or TypeScript/Node Deep experience with distributed systems and containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes) Strong working knowledge of GCP networking and data services Principal-level scope or equivalent impact

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