Principal AI Engineer - Automation & AI
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The Principal AI Engineer - Automation & AI is a hands-on technical leader responsible for designing, building, and deploying AI-powered automation solutions across eClinical Solutions.
This role is builder-first (70-80% hands-on development) and operates within a small, high-output team (2-4 engineers). You will work directly with the CTAO and business leaders to identify high-value use cases and rapidly translate them into working AI systems in production.
This is not a program management or oversight role. You are expected to build, ship, and iterate continuously, leveraging modern AI tooling and agentic frameworks to deliver measurable impact.
Accelerate your skills and career within a fast-growing company while impacting the future of healthcare.
Your day to day:
Building & Shipping AI Systems
- Design and deploy agentic AI workflows and automation solutions across enterprise functions including R&D, Engineering, Professional Services, IT, Finance, Sales, and Marketing
- Build production-grade systems such as:
- Multi-agent workflows
- RAG-based applications
- Document intelligence and summarization pipelines
- Workflow and process automation solutions
- Use modern AI tools and frameworks including:
- Codex, Claude Code, Gemini, NotebookLM
- LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex (or equivalents)
- Rapidly prototype, validate, and deploy solutions in weeks, not months
Owning End-to-End Delivery
- Translate business problems into working AI systems
- Design lightweight architectures and iterate quickly
- Develop and implement:
- Prompt engineering strategies
- Orchestration logic
- API integrations and data pipelines
- Testing, validation, and monitoring frameworks
- Partner directly with stakeholders to refine outputs and drive adoption
Driving High-Velocity Execution
- Deliver continuous output with weekly or bi-weekly releases
- Prioritize use cases based on:
- ROI and business impact
- Technical feasibility
- Speed to value
- Operate with minimal process and high accountability in a fast-paced environment
Contributing to Scalable AI Foundations
- Build and maintain reusable assets including:
- Prompt templates
- Agent design patterns
- Integration utilities
- Contribute to lightweight standards for:
- Security and data handling
- Responsible AI practices
- Evaluation and performance monitoring
Technical Leadership & Mentorship
- Provide technical guidance to a small team of AI engineers and automation specialists
- Lead by example through hands-on contribution
- Support the evolution of the AI engineering function as it scales
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field
- 6-10+ years of software engineering experience with recent hands-on work in AI/LLM systems
- Proven experience building and deploying:
- LLM-powered applications
- Agentic workflows
- Automation solutions in production environments
- Strong hands-on experience with tools such as:
- Codex, Claude Code, Gemini, NotebookLM (or similar AI-assisted development tools)
- LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or equivalent frameworks
- Proficiency in:
- Python
- API development and system integration
- Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Preferred
- Experience with:
- RAG architectures and vector databases
- AI evaluation frameworks, guardrails, and monitoring
- Workflow automation tools and enterprise integrations
- Experience working in regulated environments (e.g., life sciences, healthcare, financial services)
- Familiarity with clinical data, CDISC standards, or clinical development workflows
- Experience in high-growth or PE-backed SaaS environments
Benefits & conditions
Accelerate your skills and career within a fast-growing company while impacting the future of healthcare. We have shared our story, now we look forward to learning yours!
eClinical is a winner of the 2025 Top Workplaces USA Award for Remote Work! We have also received numerous Top Workplaces Culture Excellence Awards celebrating our exceptional company vision, values, and work-life balance. See all the details here: https://topworkplaces.com/company/eclinical-solutions/
eClinical Solutions is a people first organization. Our inclusive culture values the contribution that diversity brings to our business. We celebrate individual experiences that connect us and that inspire innovation in our community. Our team seeks out opportunities to learn, grow and continuously improve. Bring your authentic self, you are welcome here!
