Principal AI Engineer

Job Title

Principal AI Engineer

Des Moines, IA (Onsite)

Full Time

Seeking a highly accomplished Principal AI Engineer to lead the design, architecture, and delivery of enterprise‑scale AI and Machine Learning solutions. This role requires deep technical expertise in AI/ML, strong architectural vision, hands‑on leadership, and the ability to drive AI strategy across the organization. The ideal candidate has extensive experience with advanced ML systems, GenAI/LLM solutions, and end‑to‑end AI platform development.

• Define and drive the organization’s AI roadmap, architecture, and long‑term technical vision.
• Lead and mentor AI/ML engineers, data scientists, and cross‑functional teams.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and guide adoption of GenAI, LLMs, MLOps frameworks, and AI platforms.

• Architect scalable, high‑performance machine learning and GenAI solutions for NLP, CV, predictive analytics, and automation.
• Design and optimize LLM‑powered systems, including RAG pipelines, fine‑tuned models, and enterprise AI assistants.
• Develop reusable AI frameworks, components, and internal toolkits to accelerate organization‑wide AI development.

• Oversee full lifecycle: data architecture, feature engineering, experimentation, training, validation, deployment, and monitoring.
• Build large‑scale, cloud‑native AI systems using Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Establish standards for model quality, reliability, interpretability, and governance.

• Architect robust MLOps pipelines—CI/CD, model versioning, drift detection, automated retraining, monitoring.
• Lead the development of AI platforms supporting multiple business teams and workloads.
• Ensure production environments meet performance, scalability, and security requirements.

Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.