Principal Machine Learning Engineer
Harnham · New York, NY · 6 days ago
HybridAnalyst$170k–$210k/yrFull-time
The role
As a Principal ML Engineer, you’ll sit at the sharp end of applied AI, architecting and shipping LLM, RAG and agentic platforms used across the business. This is a hands-on senior IC role with real influence: setting engineering standards, mentoring senior engineers, and shaping AI strategy alongside leadership.
What you’ll be doing
- Designing, deploying and operating LLMs, RAG pipelines and autonomous agents
- Building scalable Python backends & APIs (FastAPI, async systems)
- Owning LLMOps/MLOps, cloud AI infrastructure and observability
- Driving best practice across ML, software engineering and platform design
What we’re looking for
- 10+ years in ML / software / data roles, expert Python engineer
- Strong experience with GenAI frameworks, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)
- Production mindset: distributed systems, reliability, scalability
- Comfortable influencing teams and leaders without line management
Why apply
- Principal-level impact and autonomy
- Cutting-edge AI at real scale (not POCs)
- High-trust, high-performance engineering culture