Are you a seasoned technologist who thrives at the intersection of artificial intelligence and business transformation? Do you have a proven track record of turning complex AI/ML concepts into scalable, production-grade systems that move the needle for enterprise operations? If so, we want to hear from you. We are looking for a Principal AI & DevOps Engineer to join our team — a strategic builder and technical leader who brings deep expertise, sharp instincts, and a bias for action. You won't just execute; you'll shape the direction of how we architect, deploy, and scale AI/ML solutions across the organization. What You'll Own First 30 Days — Strategic Discovery & Architecture Assessment Enterprise Systems Audit: Rapidly assess our existing technical landscape, business architecture, and active AI workstreams — bringing your experience to quickly identify gaps, redundancies, and high-leverage opportunities others might miss. Cross-Functional Stakeholder Engagement: Lead structured discovery sessions across business units to surface operational friction points and define a prioritized roadmap for AI/ML intervention — drawing on your experience translating business pain into technical solutions. Technology Evaluation & Benchmarking: Apply your deep knowledge of emerging AI/ML technologies, industry trends, and software engineering best practices to evaluate our current toolchain and recommend improvements with clear rationale. Strategic Value Mapping: Deliver a well-reasoned assessment of where generative AI can reduce manual overhead, unlock creative capacity, or create competitive advantage — backed by your own experience doing exactly that. Beyond 30 Days — Build, Lead, and Scale Full-Stack AI Application Development: Architect and deliver production-quality, full-stack AI-powered applications — leveraging Python backends and JavaScript/Flutter frontends — with a focus on performance, maintainability, and user experience informed by years of hands-on delivery. Context Engineering & LLM Optimization: Design and implement sophisticated context engineering strategies — orchestrating enterprise data, memory systems, tool outputs, and prompt chaining within LLM context windows to produce accurate, structured, and reliable outputs at scale. End-to-End Pipeline Ownership: Own the full deployment lifecycle. Design, implement, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines for LLM applications — including automated testing frameworks — applying best practices you've refined over your career. Data Engineering & ML Lifecycle Management: Drive data quality, pipeline integrity, and dataset governance to fuel deployed ML models — bringing mature engineering discipline to data validation, query optimization, and model input management. Observability & Performance Engineering: Establish robust monitoring frameworks using tools like AWS CloudWatch, define and track AI performance against business KPIs, and deliver executive-ready dashboards and reports that connect system health to business outcomes. Technical Leadership & Knowledge Sharing: Mentor peers through code reviews, lead architectural discussions, and present fully operational solutions during stakeholder demos — translating complex AI/ML architecture into clear, compelling narratives for both technical and non-technical audiences. Required Qualifications • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent field • 8–12 years of hands-on experience in full-stack development • Proven DevOps & Automation expertise: Deep experience with CI/CD tooling, deployment workflows, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) in production environments This role is designed for someone who brings their own perspective, methodology, and technical philosophy — not just executes a playbook. We value engineers who have strong opinions, loosely held, and the experience to back them up.