Principal AI Engineer - AI Creator

DataCamp; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible hours

Learning budget

Global retreats

IT equipment budget

Amazing team

Job summary

DataCamp in the United States is hiring to build an AI tutoring system that adapts in real time, turning learning into action. You will work on core AI components, integrate with content pipelines, and ship production-grade features for learners and teachers.

You’ll collaborate with educators and product teams, run rigorous experiments, and push for safety, observability, and reliable performance. This role suits someone who loves solving hard AI problems with practical impact.

Qualifications

• Experience building complex LLM-based systems.
• Ability to design evaluation methods and metrics.
• Strong Python programming and production infra knowledge.
• Keeps up with AI research and applies ideas to challenges.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve the core AI tutoring system.
• Run rigorous experimentation and evaluation.
• Design and implement scalable, maintainable software.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with educators, content creators, and product teams.
• Prototype and productionize novel model interactions.
• Ensure quality, safety, and observability.
• Share knowledge and elevate teammates.

Skills

LLM system design

Prompt engineering

Evaluation metrics

Python

Tools

CI/CD

Job description

About DataCamp

DataCamp's mission is to empower everyone with the data and AI skills essential for 21st-century success. By providing practical, engaging learning experiences, DataCamp equips learners and organizations of all sizes to harness the power of data and AI. As a trusted partner to over 17 million learners and 6,000+ companies, including 80% of the Fortune 1000, DataCamp is leading the charge in addressing the critical data and AI skills shortage.

About the role

Research has consistently shown that one-on-one tutoring dramatically outperforms traditional classroom instruction—a finding known as Bloom's 2 Sigma Problem. Despite decades of awareness, no solution has successfully delivered personalized tutoring at scale. Until now.

We're building an AI Creator that turns learning into action - empowering users to instantly build, experiment, and solve real-world problems, transforming knowledge into tangible impact from day one.. You will work on the core AI system that delivers real-time, adaptive learning experiences to learners. If you're excited about building the future of human learning, this role is for you.

About you

At DataCamp, we seek individuals who embody our core values of data-driven decision-making, action, transparency, ownership, and customer focus. You thrive in a fast-paced, high-performing environment and are driven by a passion for making a meaningful impact. You're adaptable, embracing change and ambiguity with enthusiasm. Your initiative and entrepreneurial spirit push you beyond just meeting targets—you aim to understand the "why" behind our goals and take ownership to drive the business forward. You're a collaborative team player who values transparency and always seeks to improve and innovate.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve the core AI tutoring system, including prompt architectures, agentic workflows, and real-time adaptive behaviors.
• Run rigorous experimentation and evaluation, developing custom metrics and frameworks to measure learning effectiveness and improve model reliability.
• Design and implement scalable, maintainable software, integrating AI capabilities with platform systems, content pipelines, and user experience components.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with educators, content creators, and product teams to translate pedagogical goals into technical solutions.
• Prototype and productionize novel model interactions, leveraging emerging research and capabilities to advance the tutor's intelligence.
• Ensure quality, safety, and observability through monitoring, testing, guardrails, and iterative refinement of model behavior.
• Share knowledge and elevate teammates, contributing to a culture of clarity, simplicity, and continuous learning.

Qualifications

Technical

• 1+ years building complex LLM-based systems, with strong prompt engineering intuition and experience designing agentic workflows.
• Ability to design meaningful evaluation methods, including custom metrics and frameworks when off-the-shelf options fall short.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, architectural thinking, and fluency in Python; comfortable working with production infrastructure, cloud environments, and CI/CD.
• Actively follows AI research and emerging capabilities, applying new ideas creatively to real problems.

Product & Pedagogy

• Strong empathy for learners and content creators; able to translate pedagogical goals into system behavior and product decisions.
• Ability to reason holistically across AI behavior, content structure, platform features, and user experience.
• Familiarity with learning science or a desire to develop expertise.

Character & Collaboration

• Drawn to difficult, ambiguous problems with no clear blueprint; persistent in exploring and refining solutions.
• Preference for elegance and simplicity in system design.
• Communicates clearly across mediums and enjoys mentoring and collaborating in small, high-ownership teams.

Why Datacamp?

Joining DataCamp means becoming part of a dynamic, creative, and international start-up. Here are just a few of the reasons why you'll love being on our team:

• Exciting challenges: Face new technical challenges daily, keeping your work engaging and rewarding.
• Competitive compensation: We offer a competitive salary with attractive benefits.
• Flexibility: Benefit from flexible working hours because the future is flexible!
• Continuous learning: Access a yearly learning budget for conferences & training to support your professional growth.
• Global retreats: Participate in international company retreats, fostering a global team spirit.
• Equipment: Yearly refreshment of your IT Equipment budget for your home working setup.
• Amazing team: Collaborate with a truly exceptional team - seriously, we're awesome!