Remote Principal AI Engineer — Scalable AI Systems Leader

Pragmatike; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Pragmatike, a fast-growing technology company building critical infrastructure, is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to define architecture and technical strategy for highly scalable AI systems powering real-time operations. The role requires 8+ years in AI/ML or software engineering, deep production AI expertise, and strong leadership to mentor engineers and drive cross-functional initiatives.

This remote-friendly role supports teams across the United States.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of AI/ML or software engineering experience.
• Deep expertise in production AI systems.
• Strong distributed systems and architecture skills.
• Significant LLM and inference experience.
• Strong technical leadership.
• Proven ability to solve complex AI engineering problems at scale.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture for large-scale AI systems.
• Lead complex model serving and inference initiatives.
• Optimize AI workloads across performance, quality, and cost.
• Evaluate and introduce emerging AI technologies.
• Establish technical standards across AI engineering.
• Lead high-impact cross-functional AI initiatives.
• Mentor senior and staff AI engineers.
• Influence product and infrastructure strategy.

Skills

AI/ML software engineering

Distributed systems

LLM inference

Technical leadership

Problem solving at scale

Tools

Kubernetes

CUDA

Triton

TGI

vLLM

Job description

Pragmatike, a fast-growing technology company building critical infrastructure, is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to define architecture and technical strategy for highly scalable AI systems powering real-time operations. The role requires 8+ years in AI/ML or software engineering, deep production AI expertise, and strong leadership to mentor engineers and drive cross-functional initiatives.

This remote-friendly role supports teams across the United States.