Principal Software Engineer, Applied AI

About the Role At Seek, we’re building the first-ever marketplace for data apps—where providers and consumers connect to drive real business impact fast.

Insight Cloud isn’t just another BI tool; it’s a platform built from the ground up for the secure exchange of complete, production-ready data applications.

We're hiring a Principal Software Engineer, Applied AI who will serve as a technical leader in bringing cutting-edge AI into production at scale.

This role goes beyond coding features.

You'll shape technical direction, set patterns for integrating AI into cloud-native applications, and mentor others to deliver robust, human-centered AI experiences.

You'll work across the stack while also ensuring our AI capabilities (like conversational querying, guided workflows, and intelligent recommendations) are implemented with reliability, security, and long-term scalability.  In this role you will get to :

• Build full stack features using React, Python, and modern APIs to deliver high-quality user experiences  Design and extend backend services and APIs that integrate AI models and external AI services into the platform  Create intuitive user workflows that incorporate AI (e.g., conversational data querying, assisted discovery, or guided analytics)  Integrate with Snowflake and our semantic modeling layer to deliver seamless data-driven applications  Define patterns and best practices for integrating LLMs and semantic modeling into data workflows  Mentor and guide engineers, raising the bar on engineering craft, AI integration strategies, and system reliability  Shape the app marketplace experience by advancing intelligent recommendations, AI-assisted publishing, and cross-app insights  Ensure reliability at scale by driving observability, automated testing, CI / CD improvements, and performance tuning across AI-enabled systems  Partner with product and design leadership to translate ambiguous AI opportunities into customer-ready features  Evaluate and influence technology choices (agent frameworks, Snowflake integrations, orchestration layers)  We’re excited about you because you have : 9+ years of full stack development experience with strong proficiency in React and Python Proven track record building and shipping production-grade web applications (SaaS or data platforms a plus) Deep expertise in system architecture, distributed systems, and API design Familiarity with AI / ML integration (using APIs, SDKs, or model endpoints) in production software Strong ability to debug complex systems end-to-end across frontend, backend, and data layers Demonstrated experience as a technical mentor or team lead driving engineering quality and scaling teams Excellent communicator who can bridge technical and business perspectives in cross-functional teams Bonus points if you have : Hands-on experience integrating LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines into apps Knowledge of agent frameworks or intelligent assistant patterns Familiarity with Snowflake or other cloud data warehouses Recognized as a go-to problem solver or thought leader in AI product integration or full stack engineering Startup experience—comfortable moving quickly and wearing multiple hats   Salary : The annual salary range for this position is between $170,000 - $190,000, depending on experience and qualifications.

Benefits :

Our platform enables data providers to deliver their datasets as complete analytics apps :