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Principal Software Engineer - Applied AI

Principal engineer to set technical strategy and architecture for customer-facing AI products at a mid-sized software development company in Canada.

About the role

A mid-sized software development company in Canada is hiring for this role. You will set the organization-wide technical strategy, architecture standards, quality gates and governance for customer-facing AI products and the platform that supports them. The role also guides the company's transition to agentic software development.

What you'll do

  • Set technical strategy and architecture standards across customer-facing AI products and the supporting platform
  • Define quality gates and governance for AI product delivery
  • Lead distributed-system design
  • Guide the transition to agentic software development
  • Mentor engineers and communicate platform tradeoffs to leadership

What you bring

  • Experience setting technical direction and architecture standards at an organization-wide level
  • Depth in distributed-system design
  • Experience building or supporting customer-facing AI products and platforms
  • Ability to mentor engineers and explain tradeoffs clearly to leadership

Details

  • Location: Canada
  • Type: Full-time

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