Principal Software Engineer – AI Platform

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Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

Mentorship programs

Diverse work environment

Job summary

Snorkel AI is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to shape product and technical systems to meet today's AI challenges. The role demands 12+ years of experience in software engineering, focusing on building scalable AI data solutions for enterprise clients. This position offers a competitive salary ranging from $275,000 to $300,000 and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The ideal candidate will have proven skills in leading technical initiatives, mentoring engineers, and collaborating across teams to deliver impactful AI solutions. Snorkel AI values diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in designing and building customer-facing software systems for cloud-native applications.
• Experience building software products for large enterprise customers.
• Deep experience with architecting and developing production web-scale systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of scalable AI data platform for enterprise customers.
• Shape product and technical systems for AI challenges.
• Mentor and advise company leadership on technical vision.

Skills

Experience with AI/ML frameworks and pipelines

Deep experience with Python

Distributed computing expertise

Cloud platforms experience

Technical communication

Mentorship

Building customer-facing software systems

Experience at high-growth technology startups

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Typescript

React

Job description

Principal Software Engineer – AI Platform

Lead development of scalable AI data platform for enterprise customers

Location: San Francisco Bay Area

Compensation: $275,000 - 300,000 USD / year

Job Tags: Software

About The Role

Principal Software Engineer – Ai Platform

At Snorkel, we believe meaningful AI doesn't start with the model, it starts with the data.

We're on a mission to help enterprises transform expert knowledge into specialized AI at scale. The AI landscape has gone through incredible changes between 2015, when Snorkel started as a research project in the Stanford AI Lab, to the generative AI breakthroughs of today. But one thing has remained constant: the data you use to build AI is the key to achieving differentiation, high performance, and production-ready systems. We work with some of the world's largest organizations to empower scientists, engineers, financial experts, product creators, journalists, and more to build custom AI with their data faster than ever before. Excited to help us redefine how AI is built? Apply to be the newest Snorkeler!

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to shape our product and technical systems to meet the AI challenges of today and tomorrow. As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll work across teams and across the stack to deliver major new features and infrastructure, to improve our practices and culture, and to align Engineering on a shared technical vision. You will be a key technical advisor to company leadership, act as a mentor and role model for every engineer, and think years ahead about how Snorkel AI can deliver on its technical mission to democratize AI through data. There is no concise focus for your role; you must be excited to take on the biggest, most ambiguous, and most rewarding challenges that arise.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field


• 12+ years of experience in designing and building customer-facing software systems for cloud-native applications


• Deep experience with AI/ML frameworks and pipelines


• Experience at high-growth technology startups


• Experience building software products for large enterprise customers


• Experience with architecting and developing production web-scale systems (including monitoring, telemetry, performance, reliability, triage, and debuggability)


• Deep experience with Python, distributed computing, and cloud platforms


• Passion for promoting technical communication, mentorship, and improving engineering culture

Preferred Qualifications

• 15+ years of professional software engineering experience


• Experience designing software development platforms for machine learning or data-focused practitioners


• Experience with Typescript and React


• Experience with engineering management and/or developing growth programs for engineering organizations (e.g. career ladders, mentorship, upskilling)

Salary Range

$275,000 - $300,000 USD

Joining Snorkel AI means becoming part of a company that has market proven solutions, robust funding, and is scaling rapidly - offering a unique combination of stability and the excitement of high growth. As a member of our team, you'll have meaningful opportunities to shape priorities and initiatives, influence key strategic decisions, and directly impact our ongoing success. Whether you're looking to deepen your technical expertise, explore leadership opportunities, or learn new skills across multiple functions, you're fully supported in building your career in an environment designed for growth, learning, and shared success.

Snorkel AI is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Snorkel AI embraces diversity and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Snorkel AI prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, performance, merit, and business need.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.