Principal Software Engineer - AI Platform

About Us Our leading SaaS-based Global Employment Platform™ enables clients to expand into over 180 countries quickly and efficiently, without the complexities of establishing local entities. At G-P, we’re dedicated to breaking down barriers to global business and creating opportunities for everyone, everywhere. Our diverse, remote-first teams are essential to our success. We empower our Dream Team members with flexibility and resources, fostering an environment where innovation thrives and every contribution is valued and celebrated. The work you do here will positively impact lives around the world. We stand by our promise: Opportunity Made Possible. In addition to competitive compensation and benefits, we invite you to join us in expanding your skills and helping to reshape the future of work. At G-P, we assist organizations in building exceptional global teams in days, not months—streamlining the hiring, onboarding, and management process to unlock growth potential for all. What you will do: Lead AI Agent Strategy: Architect and drive the technical evolution of our customer-facing AI agents, ensuring they deliver intuitive, intelligent, and highly reliable interactions. Innovate with Super Agents: Spearhead the development of "Super Agents"—complex, multi-agent systems capable of reasoning, planning, and executing multi-step tasks across our platform. Workflow Automation: Design and implement robust frameworks to automate complex business workflows that agents can reliably execute, reducing manual overhead and increasing operational efficiency. Collaborate: Work closely with product managers, data scientists, and cross-functional engineering teams to translate business needs into scalable agentic solutions. Technical Leadership: Provide hands-on technical guidance, set best practices for LLM integration, prompt engineering, and agent orchestration, while safeguarding scalability, security, and performance. Mentorship: Mentor senior engineers on AI/ML best practices, agentic design patterns, and the integration of emerging AI technologies into production systems. What we are looking for: 12+ years of experience in architecting and developing highly scalable enterprise-level services, platforms, or products. Deep expertise in building and deploying large-scale distributed enterprise applications. Extensive experience with AI/ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow) and proven experience deploying LLMs and agentic architectures in production environments. Strong understanding of agent orchestration patterns, chain-of-thought prompting, and automated workflow design. Proficiency in modern backend stacks (Java, Node.js, Python, Golang) and experience with scalable database technologies (SQL and NoSQL). Experience with cloud architectures and serverless ecosystems (AWS/GCP/Azure). Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical and AI-driven concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Startup or high-growth environment experience is highly desirable. Our ranges are established using objective market benchmarking data for this level of work. Final placement within the range is determined by gender-neutral criteria, including the candidate's relevant skills, experience, and specific qualifications for the role. Actual compensation for this position may vary and will depend on multiple factors such as relevant qualifications, experience, education, and geographic location. For Full-Time Regular Employees, this position is also eligible for additional compensation as follows: Sales Roles: This position is eligible for a commission structure in addition to base salary. Non-Sales Roles: This position is eligible for an annual bonus which is paid dependent on various factors, including and without limitation, individual and company performance in addition to base salary. Benefits G-P values its employees and offers excellent benefits and perks including generous paid parental leave, flexible time off, spending accounts, medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, sabbatical after 5 years and more. Individuals residing, or applying to work, in the United States: California or Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, please review the following additional information: G-P will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles City Fair Chance Act Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Act Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Act Ordinance. Los Angeles applicants can review additional information regarding the Los Angeles City Fair Chance Act here:Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Philadelphia applicants can review information pertaining to Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards Ordinance here:Fair Chance Poster. Any consideration of a candidate’s background check with arrest or conviction records will include an individualized assessment based on the factor