Principal Applied AI Engineer — Remote Production AI Leader

CINC Systems; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

CINC is seeking a Principal Applied AI Engineer to lead a high-performing product team building Cephai-powered capabilities within the platform. This role blends software engineering, system design, and applied AI, requiring hands-on leadership and architecture direction.

You will mentor engineers, shape patterns, and deliver AI-enabled features that scale in production, with an emphasis on reliability, impact, and user value. This is a remote-first, globally distributed opportunity.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in software engineering with production AI experience.
• Experience designing and operating production AI systems.
• Ability to lead teams and communicate trade-offs clearly.

Responsibilities

• Lead a product team to deliver Cephai-powered features in the CINC platform.
• Build production-grade AI architectures and orchestration.
• Collaborate with operations, product, design, and client support to solve real client problems.
• Mentor engineers and raise engineering quality and standards.
• Shape architectural patterns and engineering practices across the org.

Skills

Python

Node.js

TypeScript

System design

Cloud computing

Tools

LangGraph

LangChain

OpenAI API

Bedrock

Vector databases

Semantic search

Job description

CINC is seeking a Principal Applied AI Engineer to lead a high-performing product team building Cephai-powered capabilities within the platform. This role blends software engineering, system design, and applied AI, requiring hands-on leadership and architecture direction.

You will mentor engineers, shape patterns, and deliver AI-enabled features that scale in production, with an emphasis on reliability, impact, and user value. This is a remote-first, globally distributed opportunity.