Principal Architect, AI-Native Developer Experience (Fully Remote)

BambooHR; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

BambooHR is seeking a hands-on Lead Architect to steer the architecture for AI-native software, tooling, and deployment across the engineering organization. You will shape the technical direction, mentor teams, and drive initiatives that align with BambooHR's values and product goals.

You will define the technical vision, redesign CI/CD for the AI era, and drive scalable SaaS platforms with a focus on PHP, React, and MySQL, while championing agent-based development and code intelligence.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 7 in software architecture or staff-plus leadership.
• Hands-on experience with production LLM systems including tool calling, orchestration, RAG, and evals.
• Deep experience designing CI/CD, build systems, and developer platforms at scale, with strong SaaS architecture.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical vision and reference architecture for AI-native development, and champion agentic engineering practices across the organization.
• Automate the software development lifecycle with agents, including triage, implementation, review, testing, and remediation, while building knowledge layers for code intelligence.
• Redesign CI/CD for the AI era, modernize developer environments and portals, and govern agent permissions, cost, and quality.

Skills

Staff leadership

Software architecture

AI agents

CI/CD design

SaaS architecture

Tools

PHP

React

MySQL

Job description

• Lead the architecture for how BambooHR engineers and AI agents build software together, from tools and context to pipelines and deployment.
• This is a hands-on role on an award-winning product, with a team that lives BambooHR's values and values life outside work.

What You'll Do:

• Set the technical vision and reference architecture for AI-native development, and champion agentic engineering practices across the organization.
• Automate the software development lifecycle with agents, including triage, implementation, review, testing, and remediation, while building knowledge layers for code intelligence.
• Redesign CI/CD for the AI era, modernize developer environments and portals, and govern agent permissions, cost, and quality.

What We're Looking For:

• At least 10 years of software engineering experience with at least 7 in software architecture or staff-plus technical leadership.
• Daily hands-on use of AI coding agents, and experience building production LLM systems including tool calling, orchestration, RAG, and evals.
• Deep experience designing CI/CD, build systems, and developer platforms at scale, with strong SaaS architecture and fluency in PHP, React, and MySQL.

BambooHR

BambooHR builds a people intelligence platform that transforms HR and sets people free to do great work. The company fosters a values-driven culture focused on growth, meaningful work, and flexibility, with a proven market leadership.