Principal Senior AI Engineer
Job Title: Principal Senior AI Engineer
Key Skills: LLMs, RAG Pipelines, TypeScript, Python, React, AWS, Node.js, AI Evaluation, Prompt Engineering, Full-Stack Development
Experience: +5 YOE
Location: LATAM (Exclusive residents)
We at Coforge are hiring a Principal Senior AI Engineer (21707) with the following skill set.
Key Responsibilities
Own and drive the technical direction for AI-enabled products and tooling, transforming AI solutions from beta to scalable production-grade platforms
Design, develop, and deploy full-stack AI features end-to-end, including backend LLM orchestration, retrieval pipelines, evaluation systems, and frontend user experiences
Architect and optimize AI workflows focused on model selection, prompting strategies, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), latency, safety, scalability, and cost efficiency
Identify and implement new opportunities to integrate Generative AI into existing software platforms and workflows
Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Engineering teams to prioritize features, define MVPs, and balance speed with long-term scalability
Build and maintain robust backend services and APIs using modern cloud-native technologies
Establish best practices for AI engineering including observability, evaluation frameworks, guardrails, testing, CI/CD, and monitoring
Provide mentorship and technical leadership to engineers working on AI and platform initiatives
Contribute actively to software architecture discussions and technical decision-making processes
Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating business challenges into scalable engineering solutions
Required Skills & Qualifications
5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production applications
2+ years of hands-on experience developing AI-enabled products using LLM APIs and Generative AI technologies
Proven experience designing and implementing RAG pipelines, prompt workflows, and AI evaluation strategies
Strong full-stack engineering capabilities across backend services and frontend development
Proficiency in at least one statically typed programming language such as Go, TypeScript, Java, or C#
Experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React and backend technologies like Node.js or Python
Strong understanding of REST APIs, distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and scalable application design
Experience of working with AWS or other major cloud platforms
Solid software engineering practices including testing, code reviews, CI/CD, and observability
Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, especially in ambiguous and fast-moving environments
Ability to evaluate technical trade-offs related to AI solutions, including build vs. buy decisions and model optimization strategies
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Preferred Skills
Experience scaling AI products in startup or high-growth environments
Hands-on experience with TypeScript, Node.js, React, Go, C#, Python, PostgreSQL, and AWS
Experience with AI evaluation infrastructure, LLM guardrails, and observability platforms
Knowledge of model fine-tuning, ML experimentation, or broader machine learning workflows
Experience building developer tools, DevOps platforms, CI/CD solutions, or source-control-related products
Familiarity with industrial automation, manufacturing software, IoT platforms, or operational technology environments
Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical initiatives across teams
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
Posted On: 06-06-2026
At Coforge, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.