Principal AI Engineer

Cornerstone

Posted 2mo ago

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Design, build, and operate AI-powered applications
Integrate AI capabilities into Java-based backend systems
Design scalable API-first services exposing AI capabilities
Implement data pipelines supporting feature engineering, RAG, vector search, and inference
Apply best practices for prompt design, model orchestration, evaluation, and observability
Build and operate cloud-native AI systems on AWS
Design containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes
Optimize systems for scalability, latency, reliability, and cost efficiency
Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or AWS CDK
Design and operate relational and NoSQL data stores
Make informed trade-offs around data consistency, availability, and performance
Work with event-driven and asynchronous architectures
Lead complex technical initiatives end-to-end
Influence system design and engineering standards
Mentor senior engineers and raise the overall bar for AI and cloud engineering excellence
Collaborate with Product, Data, UX, Security, and DevOps teams

Experience with Generative AI platforms and frameworks (AWS Bedrock, OpenAI APIs, LangChain, LlamaIndex)
Experience with vector databases and semantic search
Familiarity with MLOps practices, model monitoring, and evaluation frameworks
Experience working in product-driven, agile environments

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