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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 71 days Robots and Pencils's roles stay open a median of 72 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 25% of Robots and Pencils's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Robots and Pencils
- high 27 stale, 5 reposted of 28 open
- Hiring momentum
- 63 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-22
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About this role
As a Principal AI Engineer at Robots & Pencils, you will lead the technical direction of AI/ML systems, defining architecture standards and solving complex integration challenges. You will work closely with leadership to shape the AI roadmap and ensure the delivery of production-ready AI systems. This role emphasizes collaboration across teams and mentoring to foster a strong engineering culture while driving the evolution of AI engineering practices within the organization.
- benefits
- 4/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Robots and Pencils as an employer.
What you need
- 9+ years of professional software engineering experience
- 5+ years focused on AI/ML systems in production
- Deep hands-on expertise with generative AI development
- Expert software engineering background (Python or similar)
- Deep experience designing distributed systems and event-driven architectures
- Deep expertise with cloud platforms, particularly AWS
What you get
- 20 days of paid vacation
- 15 days of unpaid vacation
- All official public holidays off
- 5 paid sick days without a doctor's certificate
- Medical insurance
- Military draft deferment support
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Focus on AI/ML systems may limit exposure to other areas of software engineering
- Fast-paced environment may not suit everyone
- Emphasis on ownership and accountability may require a strong personal drive
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Listed by Robots and Pencils on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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