Principal Software Engineer (Python, AI)

About this role

<p> </p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none">Here’s a summary of the role:</span></strong><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559738":300,"335559739":300,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte" data-ccp-parastyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"380b315d-6e35-56df-b209-c064bec51039|1","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[469777841,"Times New Roman",469777842,"Times New Roman",469777843,"Times New Roman",469777844,"Times New Roman",469769226,"Times New Roman",469775450,"wnfdnte",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"wnfdnte",335572020,"1",268442635,"24",335559705,"1033",335551547,"1033",134233118,"true",134233117,"true",469778324,"Normal"]}">This is a </span></span><strong><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte">principal-level role</span></span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte"> for someone who has already </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte">operated</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte"> at Staff or Principal Engineer level in a sizeable engineering organization and can point to specific platform decisions — in production today — that they own. </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte">You'll</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte"> </span></span><strong><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte">set the technical direction for our AI-enabled platform</span></span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte">: architecting secure, scalable, serverless systems on AWS, defining the patterns and governance practices that multiple teams adopt, and guiding where AI genuinely adds value across the stack.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte">Your leverage comes from the systems, architectures, and standards you put in place — not from individual output. </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte">You'll</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte"> </span></span><strong><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte">mentor senior engineers</span></span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte">, lead org-wide design decisions, and be the person other technical leaders turn to when the hard calls need to be made. </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte">You'll</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte"> still write code, but </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte">that's</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte"> not where your impact is measured.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte">If </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte">you've</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte"> </span></span><strong><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte">led complex platform or AI initiatives</span></span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte"> at scale, have strong opinions about AI governance in production systems, and want the scope to shape an entire platform's </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte">future,</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="wnfdnte"> this is that role.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Subtitle">Here’s</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Subtitle"> a breakdown of what </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Subtitle">you’ll</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Subtitle"> do (not all of it, just the important…