Principal Al Engineer

Job Description:

Principal AI Engineer

This role is Office Based, Hyderabad Office

We are seeking an accomplished Principal AI Engineer to provide technical leadership and visionary direction for our AI initiatives. As a principal engineer, you will set the strategy, drive innovation, and solve the most challenging technical problems in intelligent talent technology.

In this role you will…

• Strategically architect and oversee the design, development, and deployment of complex AI-driven features within Cornerstone’s Workforce Agility products including AI-Native products using Generative AI, Agentic Frameworks.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert and thought leader in AI/ML space, driving best practices across teams.
• Lead research, development, and integration of state-of-the-art solutions involving NLP, recommendation systems, and generative AI.
• Establish scalable data pipelines and define standards for model evaluation and robust lifecycle management.
• Review and elevate code quality, architectural decisions, and documentation processes.
• Influence product strategy, collaborate with senior stakeholders, and present on technical direction and innovation.
• Remain at the forefront of emerging AI technologies, shaping the roadmap and mentoring technical teams on advanced concepts.

You’ve got what it takes if you have…

• Masters or PhD in Computer Science or a closely related field.
• 10+ years of hands-on experience with machine learning, Java, Python, and enterprise software development.
• 1-2years in developing products with Generative AI.
• Exceptional expertise in AI frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-Learn), LLMs, Generative AI, and recommendation systems.
• Demonstrated experience architecting systems at scale and leading technical transformations.
• Agentic systems, familiarity with A2A and MCP.
• Outstanding communication, leadership, and strategic thinking skills.

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Our Culture:

Spark Greatness. Shatter Boundaries. Share Success. Are you ready? Because here, right now – is where the future of work is happening. Where curious disruptors and change innovators like you are helping communities and customers enable everyone – anywhere – to learn, grow and advance. To be better tomorrow than they are today.

Who We Are:

Cornerstone powers the potential of organizations and their people to thrive in a changing world. Cornerstone Galaxy, the complete AI-powered workforce agility platform, meets organizations where they are. With Galaxy, organizations can identify skills gaps and development opportunities, retain and engage top talent, and provide multimodal learning experiences to meet the diverse needs of the modern workforce. More than 7,000 organizations and 100 million+ users in 180+ countries and in nearly 50 languages use Cornerstone Galaxy to build high-performing, future-ready organizations and people today.

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