Principal AI/ML Engineer

About this role

Location:
Cambridge, MA (Eastern Time / UTC -4) 
Relocation package available
Relocation package:
Available


Start date:
ASAP


Languages:
English (required)


About The Role
Pragmatike is hiring on behalf of a fast-growing AI startup recognized as a Top 10 GenAI company by GTM Capital, founded by MIT CSAIL researchers.


We are looking for a
Senior AI/ML Engineer
to join a high-performing AI engineering team building and deploying real-world AI systems used by Fortune 500 customers. You will take technical ownership of critical ML components, lead model development and productionization efforts, and work closely with AI researchers, platform engineers, and product teams to deliver scalable, production-grade AI systems.


This role is intended for experienced AI/ML engineers who have already built and deployed models in production environments and want to operate at the intersection of
research-quality AI and real-world systems engineering
.


What You’ll Do

• Design, build, train, and optimize machine learning and deep learning models for production use
• Lead the deployment of ML models into scalable, reliable production systems
• Architect training, inference, and evaluation pipelines for structured and unstructured data
• Own model performance, reliability, scalability, and lifecycle management
• Drive experimentation, model iteration, and performance benchmarking
• Implement and maintain high-quality ML codebases primarily in Python
• Monitor, debug, and improve live production models
• Collaborate with platform, backend, and infrastructure teams on system integration
• Contribute to technical direction, architecture decisions, and AI roadmap planning
• Mentor junior engineers and support team-level technical excellence

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• 7+ years of professional experience in AI/ML, data...