Principal AI Engineer - Remote, Enterprise AI Leadership

Owen Thomas B Corp; Juno Beach (FL); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K program

HSA

Job summary

Apex Systems is seeking an AI Developer IV / Principal AI Engineer to define and own enterprise AI architecture while remaining hands-on with production code. You will lead complex AI transformations, establish governance, and mentor engineers across multiple teams.

The role requires collaboration with product, research, and executive stakeholders to drive an AI-first engineering culture and ensure scalable, secure AI solutions across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 15+ years of software engineering experience.
• Extensive experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale AI solutions.
• Expert-level Python development experience.
• Proven experience building scalable distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of AI/ML technologies and modern software architecture.
• Experience designing cloud-native applications within AWS and/or GCP environments.
• Strong expertise in infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Experience leading large technical programs and influencing organizational strategy.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the organization’s enterprise AI architecture strategy.
• Design, build, and deploy scalable AI-powered applications and distributed systems.
• Provide technical leadership for large-scale AI transformation initiatives.
• Develop production-quality software and remain hands-on with coding and solution implementation.
• Partner with engineering, product management, research scientists, and business stakeholders to deliver strategic objectives.
• Establish AI governance, best practices, security standards, and ethical AI frameworks.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and recommend strategic investments.
• Mentor senior engineers and cultivate future technical leaders.
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering practices.
• Guide teams through architectural decisions involving cloud platforms, AI services, and data ecosystems.
• Lead technical design reviews and influence enterprise-wide engineering standards.
• Support multiple project teams operating in quarterly delivery cycles.

Skills

Python

AI/ML

Distributed systems

Cloud architecture

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Terraform

GitLab

CI/CD

AWS

GCP

Job description

Apex Systems is seeking an AI Developer IV / Principal AI Engineer to define and own enterprise AI architecture while remaining hands-on with production code. You will lead complex AI transformations, establish governance, and mentor engineers across multiple teams.

The role requires collaboration with product, research, and executive stakeholders to drive an AI-first engineering culture and ensure scalable, secure AI solutions across the organization.