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Senior Principal Software Engineer - AI

Yesterday Hyderabad, India

About Cornerstone:

Cornerstone powers the future-ready workforce with modern, AI-driven employment solutions. Our platform enables companies to develop, manage, and engage their talent-unlocking growth and innovation across organizations of all sizes.

Who We're Looking For:

Cornerstone is seeking a visionary and highly accomplished Distinguished Software Development Engineer to spearhead the creation of groundbreaking AI and machine learning solutions across our industry-leading workforce agility - Galaxy ecosystem. This is a rare opportunity for a true innovator-someone who thrives on architecting and hands-on building intelligent, autonomous systems at massive scale. You'll be driving the future of workforce technology by delivering AI-powered applications that are robust, secure, ethical, and brilliantly performant.

What You'll Do:

  • Full-Stack AI Engineering: Lead the hands-on development, deployment, and continuous improvement of sophisticated AI-driven features, leveraging Agile practices and top-tier coding standards.
  • Advanced Architecture & System Design: Architect, implement, and scale modern, distributed AI systems-including training pipelines, streaming data processing, serverless microservices, and MLOps infrastructure-to deliver enterprise-grade reliability and security.
  • ML Model Innovation: Expertly design, build, and tune production AI/ML models (NLP, Deep Learning, Recommender Systems, LLMs, Generative AI) using cutting-edge frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face, Keras, Scikit-Learn, Ray).
  • Cloud & Data Engineering Mastery: Develop and optimize cloud-native (AWS, GCP, Azure) AI workloads-utilizing Kubernetes, Docker, Spark, and high-performance data lakes for advanced data wrangling, batch and real-time inference, and model monitoring.
  • Agentic & Generative AI Technologies: Design and deploy intelligent, autonomous AI agents (LLMs, multi-agent systems) capable of planning, reasoning, and decision-making-solving complex HR and talent management challenges with next-gen AI.
  • Orchestration & Tooling: Build frameworks for multi-agent orchestration, message passing, prompt engineering, vector databases (FAISS, Pinecone), and scalable knowledge graphs to enable robust agent collaboration and negotiation.
  • Task Automation & Workflow AI: Develop specialized AI agents for process automation-streamlining content generation, personalized recommendations, and end-to-end workflow optimization using RPA and conversational AI.
  • Safety, Reliability, & Explainability: Set gold standards for AI safety, fairness, and explainability-implementing evaluation protocols, guardrails, and bias detection to ensure ethical agent behavior in real-world deployments.
  • Seamless Systems Integration: Fuse agentic and generative AI systems with modern APIs, REST/gRPC, user interfaces (React, Angular), microservices, and enterprise data sources for resilient, scalable solutions.
  • Performance Tuning & MLOps: Apply best-in-class techniques for model performance, hyperparameter optimization, scalable retraining, monitoring, and CI/CD for AI pipelines.
  • Research, Innovation & Thought Leadership: Stay at the cutting edge with constant exploration of new AI technologies-transforming foundational research into impactful product features.
  • Standards Advocacy: Champion software engineering excellence-driving best practices in secure coding, peer review, and responsible AI design throughout the full SDLC.
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    What You'll Bring:
  • Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Machine Learning, or related field.
  • 4+ years in software engineering with a minimum of 2+ years hands-on building, deploying, and optimizing AI/ML applications at enterprise scale.
  • Deep expertise in AI/ML model development (NLP, Deep Learning, LLMs, Recommender Systems, Generative AI) and their deployment in cloud production environments.
  • Advanced hands-on proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face, Scikit-Learn), modern programming languages (Python, Java, Scala, C++), and distributed systems (Kubernetes, Docker, Spark).
  • Strong foundation in system architecture, algorithm design, scalable data engineering (ETL, batch & stream processing), and model serving.
  • Experience with modern MLOps, CI/CD, GitOps, and DevSecOps methodologies.
  • Commitment to ethical, responsible AI-deep understanding of privacy, explainability, bias, and regulatory considerations.
  • Prior experience in HR tech, SaaS, or enterprise software highly advantageous.
  • Client-provided location(s): Hyderabad, India
    Job ID: CornerstoneOnDemand-req10678
    Employment Type: OTHER
    Posted: 2025-11-06T19:19:17

    Perks and Benefits

    • Health and Wellness

      • Health Insurance
      • Health Reimbursement Account
      • Dental Insurance
      • Vision Insurance
      • Life Insurance
      • Short-Term Disability
      • Long-Term Disability
      • FSA
      • HSA
      • HSA With Employer Contribution
      • Pet Insurance
      • Mental Health Benefits
    • Parental Benefits

      • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
      • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
      • Fertility Benefits
      • Family Support Resources
      • Adoption Leave
    • Work Flexibility

      • Flexible Work Hours
      • Remote Work Opportunities
      • Hybrid Work Opportunities
    • Office Life and Perks

      • Casual Dress
      • Snacks
      • Company Outings
      • On-Site Cafeteria
      • Holiday Events
    • Vacation and Time Off

      • Paid Vacation
      • Unlimited Paid Time Off
      • Paid Holidays
      • Personal/Sick Days
      • Leave of Absence
      • Summer Fridays
    • Financial and Retirement

      • 401(K) With Company Matching
      • Stock Purchase Program
      • Performance Bonus
      • Relocation Assistance
      • Financial Counseling
      • Profit Sharing
    • Professional Development

      • Tuition Reimbursement
      • Promote From Within
      • Work Visa Sponsorship
      • Leadership Training Program
      • Internship Program
      • Shadowing Opportunities
      • Access to Online Courses
    • Diversity and Inclusion

      • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
      • Unconscious Bias Training
      • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program