Remote Principal Solutions Engineer - AI & Data Governance

Hire Hangar; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 2,266,000 - 3,237,000; Full time

Job summary

Hire Hangar is seeking a Principal Solutions Engineer to guide enterprise customers through AI readiness initiatives and large-scale unstructured data transformations. You will own the technical lifecycle from design to production success, working in complex environments to deliver measurable ROI and governance adherence.

Remote role with US time-zone alignment; you will lead workshops, drive deployment strategies across cloud and on-prem, and communicate the value of solutions to executives

Qualifications

• Extensive enterprise pre-sales or customer-facing engineering experience.
• Deep knowledge of hybrid infrastructure, storage systems, and cloud platforms.
• Strong grounding in security architecture, IAM, and governance.
• Experience with large-scale unstructured data and compliance-sensitive environments.
• Ability to present technical and business value to C-level stakeholders.
• Practical understanding of AI data pipelines, readiness assessments, and governance controls.
• Must have prior remote work experience with US/UK-based teams.

Responsibilities

• Translate customer AI, compliance, and data governance goals into scalable technical architectures.
• Design phased deployment strategies across on-prem and cloud ecosystems.
• Execute and manage proof-of-value engagements with defined success metrics.
• Lead technical workshops and stakeholder alignment sessions.
• Optimize system performance, validate throughput, and ensure production readiness.
• Develop technical documentation and best practices for enterprise rollout.
• Provide structured customer insights to influence product roadmap decisions.

Skills

Enterprise pre-sales

SaaS AI

Security architecture

Governance

C-level communication

Remote collaboration

AI data pipelines

Cloud platforms knowledge

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

PowerShell

Python

Terraform

Job description

Hire Hangar is seeking a Principal Solutions Engineer to guide enterprise customers through AI readiness initiatives and large-scale unstructured data transformations. You will own the technical lifecycle from design to production success, working in complex environments to deliver measurable ROI and governance adherence.

Remote role with US time-zone alignment; you will lead workshops, drive deployment strategies across cloud and on-prem, and communicate the value of solutions to executives