Principal AI Engineer: Lead AI Strategy & Adoption

Mirakl - Labs; Bordeaux; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Mirakl is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to lead the design, development, and adoption of AI systems in a strategic domain. Based in Paris or Bordeaux, this permanent role requires deep AI engineering expertise, product sense, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams.

You will own the tech strategy for your domain, define the agent product roadmap, build production-grade AI systems, and drive adoption and measurable business impact across Sales, GTM, Marketing, Finance, and Legal.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Software/Machine Learning Engineering or Applied AI.
• Strong experience with LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, evaluation, and production systems.
• Ability to influence product and business decisions.
• Proven leadership on complex cross-functional initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Own tech strategy and roadmap for your domain.
• Design production-grade AI systems and ensure scalability.
• Drive adoption and measure business impact across the domain.
• Mentor AI engineers and share reusable components.
• Grow AI capability within the organization.

Skills

AI Engineering

Leadership

LLMs & Agents

Product Influence

Tools

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Vector Databases

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Job description

Mirakl is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to lead the design, development, and adoption of AI systems in a strategic domain. Based in Paris or Bordeaux, this permanent role requires deep AI engineering expertise, product sense, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams.

You will own the tech strategy for your domain, define the agent product roadmap, build production-grade AI systems, and drive adoption and measurable business impact across Sales, GTM, Marketing, Finance, and Legal.