Remote Principal AI Engineer - Architecture & Leadership

Morson Edge; Manchester; Remote; GBP 96,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first with occasional on-site

Job summary

Morson Edge are hiring a Principal Engineer for a software consultancy at the forefront of AI-native software engineering. You will be the go-to technical expert on client projects, responsible for architecture, technical direction and raising the level of engineers around you.

You will deal with stakeholders up to CTO and CEO, framing technical decisions in business terms. AI is core to the role, setting up AI and context engineering, selecting tools and mentoring the team in AI fluency.

Qualifications

• Experience leading architecture and technical direction on client projects.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and raise team capability.
• Strong understanding of AI-enabled software engineering and trusted decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture and technical direction on client engagements.
• Mentor and raise the level of engineers around you.
• Engage with stakeholders up to CTO/CEO level and frame decisions in business terms.
• Set up AI context engineering, choose tools, and ensure pragmatic delivery.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud and IaC

Data pipelines

Vector stores and embeddings

AI assisted engineering

Consulting and stakeholder management

Tools

Java

Node.js

.NET

Python

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Morson Edge are hiring a Principal Engineer for a software consultancy at the forefront of AI-native software engineering. You will be the go-to technical expert on client projects, responsible for architecture, technical direction and raising the level of engineers around you.

You will deal with stakeholders up to CTO and CEO, framing technical decisions in business terms. AI is core to the role, setting up AI and context engineering, selecting tools and mentoring the team in AI fluency.