Senior AI Architect & Production Systems Engineer

THE HOTH; Saint Petersburg (FL); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Hybrid work schedule

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) with 3% company match

Paid Vacation, Sick Time, Holidays & P

$50/month Wellness Stipend

Free Downtown Parking

Free Breakfast Mondays & Lunch Fridays

Dog-Friendly Office

Casual Dress

Team Celebrations & Company Events

Job summary

The HOTH is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to help build the future of NextNet AI. This senior, hands-on role has no people management responsibilities and focuses on delivering production-grade AI software across frontend, backend, and AI services.

You will contribute to scalable architecture, evaluate new AI models, and collaborate with leadership on high-impact technical initiatives while maintaining a strong focus on reliability and maintainability.

Qualifications

• 10+ years building production software.
• Built production AI applications used by real customers.
• Comfortable moving between frontend, backend, cloud infrastructure, and AI systems.
• Strong Python experience.
• Hands-on AWS experience.
• Enjoy debugging difficult technical problems.
• Prefer shipping software over discussing it.
• Take ownership without needing a lot of direction.
• Care deeply about writing maintainable, scalable systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and deploy production-grade AI software.
• Own complex engineering initiatives from design through deployment.
• Work comfortably across frontend, backend, infrastructure, cloud, and AI systems.
• Design scalable backend services and APIs.
• Improve platform performance, reliability, and observability.
• Debug issues across distributed systems and identify root causes.
• Reduce technical debt and improve long-term maintainability.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and recommend practical adoption.
• Document technical decisions that help the team move faster.
• Partner directly with the CTO on architecture, platform evolution, and strategic technical initiatives.

Skills

Python

AWS

Distributed systems

Debugging

Full-stack development

Tools

Terraform

Docker

PostgreSQL

Redis

FastAPI

Django

Job description

The HOTH is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to help build the future of NextNet AI. This senior, hands-on role has no people management responsibilities and focuses on delivering production-grade AI software across frontend, backend, and AI services.

You will contribute to scalable architecture, evaluate new AI models, and collaborate with leadership on high-impact technical initiatives while maintaining a strong focus on reliability and maintainability.