Principal AI Systems Engineer (Remote)

Siemens Mobility; New York (NY); Remote; USD 201,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens Mobility is seeking a Principal Engineer to set the technical direction for AI‑native systems blending cloud, ML, and hardware. You’ll shape architecture for scalable, robust, real‑time applications and work with engineers, ML researchers, product managers, and executives to guide the next generation of intelligent, interactive systems.

This remote role offers high visibility and impact. You will lead architectural reviews, mentor teams, and ensure alignment with product and research

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience designing and scaling distributed systems and real‑time applications.
• Proven ability to lead technical strategy and cross‑team architecture efforts.
• Proficiency in at least one backend systems language (e.g., Python, Go, Java).
• Strong understanding of system design, performance optimization, and fault‑tolerance.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the technical architecture across core systems and products.
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership on strategic projects.
• Lead technical reviews and mentor engineers across all levels.
• Align engineering direction with product and ML research priorities.
• Identify and address scaling challenges before they become bottlenecks.
• Champion engineering excellence, reliability, and system sustainability.

Skills

10+ years exp

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Backend languages

System design

Tools

Python

Go

TypeScript

PyTorch

HuggingFace

ONNX Runtime

LangChain

AWS

Kubernetes

Redis

Postgres

S3

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Datadog

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

Siemens Mobility is seeking a Principal Engineer to set the technical direction for AI‑native systems blending cloud, ML, and hardware. You’ll shape architecture for scalable, robust, real‑time applications and work with engineers, ML researchers, product managers, and executives to guide the next generation of intelligent, interactive systems.

This remote role offers high visibility and impact. You will lead architectural reviews, mentor teams, and ensure alignment with product and research