Certus Recruitment
Principal AI Engineer (Technical Lead)
Certus Recruitment, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Principal AI Engineer (Technical Lead)
$300,000–$350,000 Exceptional Benefits
Hybrid — San Francisco, CAWe’re partnered with a pioneering AI organisation reshaping how global enterprises transform chaotic, unstructured data into reliable, production-grade insights. Their AI-native platform blends intelligent agents, automation, and intuitive interfaces to accelerate the entire data lifecycle — from generation and refinement to deployment at scale.This is a high-impact role for an engineering leader who thrives at the intersection of LLMs, agentic systems, and large-scale cloud architecture, and who can lead both technically and strategically.
Lead end-to-end delivery of AI/ML and agentic systems
Build and optimise LLMs, RAG pipelines & vector search
Architect high-scale cloud systems (AWS/GCP, k8s)
Prototype rapidly, ship often, mentor engineers
Own roadmap, technical direction & cross-functional collaboration
What you’ll bring:
7 years in ML/AI or distributed engineering
Deep expertise in at least one: LLM fine-tuning, agent frameworks, RAG/vector DBs
Strong Python experience with Go/Java/Scala
Proven 0→1 and 1→10 product delivery
Leadership across architecture, execution and technical strategy
Benefits:
Top-tier health cover
Monthly wellness/remote-work allowance
Flexible PTO professional development budget
Ownership over high-impact AI projects
Certus Recruitment Group is a well-established and experienced specialist consultancy providing sales, marketing, and IT recruitment services. We serve the technology sector across North America, the UK, Europe, and Australia.
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Lead end-to-end delivery of AI/ML and agentic systems
Build and optimise LLMs, RAG pipelines & vector search
Architect high-scale cloud systems (AWS/GCP, k8s)
Prototype rapidly, ship often, mentor engineers
Own roadmap, technical direction & cross-functional collaboration
What you’ll bring:
7 years in ML/AI or distributed engineering
Deep expertise in at least one: LLM fine-tuning, agent frameworks, RAG/vector DBs
Strong Python experience with Go/Java/Scala
Proven 0→1 and 1→10 product delivery
Leadership across architecture, execution and technical strategy
Benefits:
Top-tier health cover
Monthly wellness/remote-work allowance
Flexible PTO professional development budget
Ownership over high-impact AI projects
Certus Recruitment Group is a well-established and experienced specialist consultancy providing sales, marketing, and IT recruitment services. We serve the technology sector across North America, the UK, Europe, and Australia.
Certus Recruitment
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