Principal AI Software Architect & Tech Leader

Aspen Technology; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspen Technology, based in Mexico City, seeks a Principal Software Developer for our AI R&D team. You will mentor engineers, tackle complex problems, and steer multiple projects toward production-ready releases.

Expect to collaborate with software, data science, and product teams to design scalable, secure enterprise-grade applications using modern ML and AI techniques, while shaping engineering practices and technical direction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in software engineering or computer science.
• 8+ years of progressive software development experience.
• Experience designing, developing, and delivering complex software products in production environments.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices, cloud-native applications, and modern software engineering practices.
• Experience leading technical initiatives across multiple teams and influencing architecture decisions at scale.
• Experience building highly available, performant, and secure enterprise-grade applications.
• Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, automated testing, and observability.
• Strong problem solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and deliver next-generation AI products, leveraging Generative AI, agentic systems, and machine learning technologies to create differentiated customer experiences and business value.
• Lead the design, development, and delivery of innovative software products and platform capabilities from concept through production deployment.
• Drive technical architecture decisions and establish engineering best practices that improve scalability, reliability, maintainability, and security.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, and domain experts to identify opportunities for product innovation and technology modernization.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and translate new capabilities into practical solutions for customers.
• Influence technical direction across multiple teams and initiatives while balancing business priorities and engineering excellence.
• Champion software quality through strong engineering practices, automation, observability, testing, and operational excellence.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to developers across all experience levels.

Skills

Java

Go

Python

C#

C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE

Job description

Aspen Technology, based in Mexico City, seeks a Principal Software Developer for our AI R&D team. You will mentor engineers, tackle complex problems, and steer multiple projects toward production-ready releases.

Expect to collaborate with software, data science, and product teams to design scalable, secure enterprise-grade applications using modern ML and AI techniques, while shaping engineering practices and technical direction.