Principal Software Engineer

Coworker.ai; Atlanta, San Francisco (GA, CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Medical/Dental/Vision

ESOP

$100 Health benefit

401(k)

Paid family leave

Apple devices

Daily Tetris

Job summary

Coworker.ai in Atlanta, GA is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead architectural decisions, own the technical roadmap, and ship high-quality code daily. You will mentor senior engineers and drive enterprise AI initiatives that shape how customers work at scale.

We value strong communication, the ability to own new products end-to-end, and a culture that puts people first while having fun building the future of work. This role demands autonomy and strategic thinking.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional development experience.
• Experience owning products from zero to one, from design to deployment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience using AI to improve velocity and product outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Ship code daily with hands-on development as a core focus.
• Own the architecture and technical roadmap for a core domain; tackle hard problems when needed.
• Mentor senior and staff engineers; be the technical escalation point for challenges.
• Be a thought leader in enterprise AI and represent Coworker externally via talks or open-source contributions.
• Guide engineering architecture decisions with broad impact across the organization.
• Establish and nurture Coworker engineering culture and mission alignment.
• Collaborate with product to define team vision, strategy, and roadmap.

Skills

GoLang

Typescript

Python

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science

Tools

Distributed systems

Data pipelines

Job description

Principal Software Engineer

About the job

We need a talented, ambitious, hard-working principal software engineer with 10+ years of experience who can help us build the foundation for the next era of work. We need someone who wants to change how the world works, one company at a time.

You are that person.

You are a deeply technical full stack software developer who ships high-quality code as the strong majority of your time, while also providing thought leadership and mentorship to the team. You are obsessed with making customers happy, and will do whatever it takes to make it happen. You are autonomous and happy to take on big, ambiguous problems at a fast-growing startup.

You know when to push and when to rest; you model sustainable high performance for the team. But you (like us!) are more than your code and your hard work! You love building a culture where people love to work but believe in putting people first while having a huge amount of fun while you do your job.

You will burn tokens like the VC money will never stop flowing.

What you will do in the role

• Ship code daily. Hands-on development is the strong majority of your time

• Own the architecture and technical roadmap for a core domain; dive deep into the hardest problems when needed

• Mentor senior and staff engineers; be the technical escalation point for the toughest challenges in your domain

• Be a thought leader in the enterprise AI space

• Represent Coworker externally through talks, blog posts, or open-source contributions

• Guide early Coworker technical architecture decisions that will resonate throughout the global economy for years to come

• Establish the Coworker engineering culture - live the mission and set a standard

• Help the product team craft the team vision, strategy, and roadmap while proposing innovative solutions, as well as understanding technical limitations

• Drive cross-org technical initiatives with measurable business impact

• Drive incident response and post-mortems for company-critical issues; ensure we learn systemically from failures

• Hire and interview for senior+ roles; raise the bar for engineering talent across the org

• Have an inordinate amount of fun

• Push the frontier of what's possible with Enterprise AI
  

Position Qualifications

• Bachelor's and/or master's degree (Computer Science preferred)

• 10+ years of professional development experience

• Experience and desire to own new products from zero to one, from system design to implementation to deployment

• Strong communication and collaboration skills

• Experience and comfort using AI aggressively to improve velocity with looping, reinforcement

• Any languages are fine, we primarily use GoLang, Typescript, and Python

• Deep expertise in at least two of: distributed systems, data pipelines, AI/ML infrastructure, security, or frontend architecture at scale

• Proven ability to lead without direct authority; influenced technical direction across team boundaries

• Experience defining SLAs, SLOs, and running production systems at scale with strong operational discipline
  

Perks

• Unlimited paid time off

• Medical, dental, and vision

• Early and generous employee stock option plan

• $100 monthly health and wellness benefit

• 401(k) plan

• Paid family leave

• Apple products for work

• Daily tetris matches

Coworker.ai is an equal opportunity employer. We believe everyone should feel great about being their authentic selves at Coworker-this is the only way to do our best work! We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We believe that great employees come from diverse backgrounds.