What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Artificial Intelligence Engineer position at Alined Consulting Group?
We’re looking for a Principal AI Engineer to help lead the design and development of next-generation AI products and systems. This is a highly hands-on role for someone who thrives in ambiguity and enjoys taking ideas from early discovery and architecture through development, deployment, and iteration.
The ideal candidate brings a strong combination of AI/ML depth, software engineering, product thinking, and technical leadership. You’ll work across a variety of AI initiatives, partnering closely with engineering, product, and business stakeholders while helping mentor and elevate other engineers.
What we’re looking for:
- Experience building and deploying AI/ML systems from the ground up
- Strong understanding of LLMs, RAG, agentic AI, model application, and modern AI architectures
- Hands-on Python and software engineering experience
- Ability to own architecture and make thoughtful technical tradeoffs
- Strong product sense and comfort working directly with customers/stakeholders on ambiguous problems
- Experience taking solutions from 0→1 and improving them in production
- Technical leadership, mentorship, and a willingness to remain hands-on
- Startup, founding engineer, or forward-deployed engineering experience is a plus
Salary : $160,000 - $200,000