Senior Principal AI Engineer - Scalable AI Systems (Remote)

Pragmatike; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Pragmatike is recruiting on behalf of a fast-growing technology company building critical infrastructure that powers high-volume, real-time business operations across multiple systems and platforms. We are seeking a Principal AI Engineer to define architecture and technical strategy for highly scalable AI systems.

The role covers leading model serving, optimizing workloads, mentoring engineers, and shaping product and infrastructure direction in a remote US setting.

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.

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 experience

Distributed systems

LLM & inference

Technical leadership

Job description

Pragmatike is recruiting on behalf of a fast-growing technology company building critical infrastructure that powers high-volume, real-time business operations across multiple systems and platforms. We are seeking a Principal AI Engineer to define architecture and technical strategy for highly scalable AI systems.

The role covers leading model serving, optimizing workloads, mentoring engineers, and shaping product and infrastructure direction in a remote US setting.