Technical Principal Engineer (AI Platform)
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About the Role
Our client, a next-generation digital real estate platform in the UAE, seeks a hands-on Technical Principal Engineer to lead the architecture of a SaaS platform and an internal AI-first engineering system.
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Responsibilities
- Design and operate the AI engineering platform (orchestrator, agent coordination, review gates, deployment and rollback flows).
- Build and manage a fleet of coding, testing, review, and operations agents.
- Establish a spec driven development model translating product intent into machine executable workflows.
- Define governance, autonomy boundaries, and verification layers (tests, evals, tracing, canary releases).
- Own end to end SaaS architecture (services, APIs, data models, infrastructure).
- Make fast, high impact architectural decisions in a startup environment.
- Define and implement AI as a core product layer, not a feature.
- Build production grade systems directly and alongside AI agents.
- Own the full AI stack from prototype to production, including RAG pipelines, vector databases, and LLM integrations.
- Own integrations across external systems (IoT, smart locks, payments, government APIs).
- Lead a small high performance hybrid team (engineers + AI agents).
- Own cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment architecture.
Requirements
- 5 7+ years of software engineering experience, including hands on technical leadership of engineering teams
- Proven 0→1 experience building systems, teams, and architecture from scratch
- Strong backend engineering expertise (TypeScript/Node.js or equivalent)
- Solid frontend capability (React, Vue.js or equivalent)
- Deep understanding of data architecture (PostgreSQL or equivalent)
- Daily, production grade use of agentic coding tools across real systems
- Proven experience shipping features where a significant portion of production code is AI/agent authored under your direction
- Hands on experience designing or significantly extending AI driven engineering workflows
- Production experience integrating LLM based systems into user facing products
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About the Role
- This is a hands on technical leadership role at the core of the company's product and engineering direction.
- You will architect both a next generation SaaS platform and an internal AI first engineering system.
- You will design and operate an internal development platform powered by AI agents, enabling a small senior team to deliver at high velocity and enterprise grade quality.
Responsibilities
- Design and operate the AI engineering platform (orchestrator, agent coordination, review gates, deployment and rollback flows).
- Build and manage a fleet of coding, testing, review, and operations agents.
- Establish a spec driven development model translating product intent into machine executable workflows.
- Define governance, autonomy boundaries, and verification layers (tests, evals, tracing, canary releases).
- Continuously improve system performance, autonomy, cost efficiency, and reliability across the SDLC.
- Own end to end SaaS architecture (services, APIs, data models, infrastructure).
- Make fast, high impact architectural decisions in a startup environment.
- Define and implement AI as a core product layer, not a feature.
- Design real time systems including dashboards and event driven pipelines.
- Build production grade systems directly and alongside AI agents.
- Own frontend, backend, database design, and performance optimization.
- Deliver scalable, reliable code across the full stack.
AI / LLM Layer
- Own the full AI stack from prototype to production.
- Build and maintain RAG pipelines, vector databases, and LLM integrations.
- Design prompt strategies and AI workflows for core use cases.
- Evaluate and integrate emerging AI capabilities into production systems.
Integration Layer
- Own integrations across external systems (IoT, smart locks, payments, government and regulatory APIs).
- Ensure integrations are reliable, observable, and scalable for future expansion.
Engineering Leadership & Delivery
- Lead a small high performance hybrid team (engineers + AI agents).
- Set engineering standards, run reviews, and ensure delivery under pressure.
- Translate product requirements into structured, agent executable work.
- Build and drive an AI native engineering culture.
Infrastructure & Reliability
- Own cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment architecture.
- Implement observability across systems: monitoring, alerting, tracing, cost and latency tracking.
- Ensure production readiness, reliability, and operational transparency.
Requirements
- 5 7+ years of software engineering experience, including hands on technical leadership of engineering teams.
- Proven 0→1 experience building systems, teams, and architecture from scratch.
- Strong backend engineering expertise (TypeScript / Node.js or equivalent).
- Solid frontend capability (React, Vue.js or equivalent).
- Deep understanding of data architecture (PostgreSQL or equivalent).
- Ability to define, select, and evolve technology stacks based on product needs.
- Full stack capability when needed, with strong architectural judgment.
- Daily, production grade use of agentic coding tools across real systems.
- Proven experience shipping features where a significant portion of production code is AI/agent authored.
- Hands on experience designing or significantly extending AI driven engineering workflows.
- Production experience integrating LLM based systems into user facing products.
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