Principal Software Engineer
Principal Software Engineer — AI & Distributed Systems Platform - $220,000 - $300,000 base salaryA rapidly scaling AI-native platform operating in the legal and capital markets space is hiring a Principal Software Engineer to help architect the next generation of production AI systems for transactional intelligence and document analysis.This platform is solving deeply complex problems at the intersection of AI, finance, legal workflows, and large-scale distributed systems — transforming billions of transactional terms and unstructured legal documents into structured, searchable market intelligence. The OpportunityYou’ll join a highly technical, backend-focused engineering team building the core systems powering AI-driven search, orchestration, retrieval, and analytics workflows used by professionals operating in high-trust financial and legal environments.This is a Principal-level IC role with significant architectural ownership across:Distributed backend systemsAI orchestration platformsDocument intelligence pipelinesRetrieval and semantic search infrastructureScalable APIs and data-intensive servicesEnd-to-end production engineeringThe environment combines startup velocity with enterprise-scale data, customers, and infrastructure. The engineering culture is heavily product-oriented, highly autonomous, and optimized for builders who want broad technical ownership. What You’ll Work OnArchitect scalable backend systems and APIs powering AI-native productsBuild high-performance distributed systems operating across millions of legal and financial documentsDesign orchestration layers for LLM-powered workflows, agents, and retrieval systemsDevelop composable API primitives that accelerate AI feature deliveryImprove performance, reliability, observability, and scalability across data-intensive workloadsDrive engineering standards, CI/CD automation, developer experience, and long-term platform maintainabilityCollaborate directly with AI/ML researchers, legal SMEs, finance experts, and product leadershipWhat They’re Looking For10+ years building scalable backend or platform systemsend-to-end ownership of system development, from conception to launchexperience in AI product/AI start up businesses Python (FAST API, Django, Flask) Vector search, semantic indexing, large-scale document processingCompensationPrincipal Engineer: $220K–300K USD + 20% bonusCanada range: $210K–243K CAD + bonus