> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/254411-principal-fullstack-engineer-ai-ml](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/254411-principal-fullstack-engineer-ai-ml). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Fullstack Engineer, AI/ML. - **Company:** Pure Hire Staffing Agency LLC - **Location:** New York, NY, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $160,000.0 - $320,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, BigQuery, Continuous Integration, Data Architecture, PostgreSQL, OAuth, Azure Active Directory, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), TypeScript, Okta, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Backend, Graphql, Front End Software Development, Api Design, Webhooks, Docker - **Published:** May 31, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a4767bff514d42f5 ## About the Role Do you have experience in TypeScript?, * 7+ years of fullstack experience, strong Node.js backend and React frontend, genuinely both. * Prior title or scope as a founding, principal, staff, or lead engineer, you have set technical direction, not just followed it. * Experience owning high-stakes architectural decisions: API design, data modeling, service boundaries, and scalability tradeoffs. * Startup experience you have shipped fast in resource-constrained environments with end-to-end ownership of complex projects. * Deep understanding of legal or regulated industry workflows - how enterprise legal, compliance, or risk teams operate and what they need from software. * Familiarity with legal document types (contracts, NDAs, MSAs, SOWs) and experience building systems that parse or process them. * Understanding of data residency, legal holds, retention policies, and compliance requirements for handling sensitive legal data. * Enterprise security and compliance fluency: OAuth 2.0, SOC 2, GDPR, SSO/SAML (Okta, Azure AD). * Hands-on LLM/AI engineering at production scale RAG pipelines, document intelligence, hallucination mitigation, and human-in-the-loop design * Comfort operating in deep ambiguity, you can scope a 6-month project from a one-sentence idea. Strongly Preferred * Experience hiring and mentoring engineers you have raised the bar on a team, not just contributed to one. * Prior experience at a legal tech company (Ironclad, Clio, Evisort, ContractPodAi, or similar) * Exposure to CLM, e-discovery, or matter management platforms as a builder or power user. * GCP (Cloud Run, BigQuery, GCS, Pub/Sub) and Postgres at production scale. * Event-driven and async system design queues, webhooks, background jobs, and observability. Tech Stack Node.js · React · TypeScript · PostgreSQL · GCP · LLM APIs · REST/GraphQL · OAuth 2.0 · Docker · CI/CD ## Description A true Fullstack engineering role with ML at its core. You will own complex features end to end from data architecture to the React interfaces customers use daily and build AI-powered workflows that solve real problems for enterprise legal teams. You will also play a direct role in hiring and growing the engineering org as the company scales. ## Related Videos - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1209-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou) - [Keeping applications secure by evolving OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100152-keeping-applications-secure-by-evolving-oauth-2-0-and-openid-connect) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [Delay the AI Overlords: How OAuth and OpenFGA Can Keep Your AI Agents from Going Rogue](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1637-delay-the-ai-overlords-how-oauth-and-openfga-can-keep-your-ai-agents-from-going-rogue) - [Docker build without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100114-docker-build-without-docker) ## Related Articles - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [13 AI Tools You Have to Try](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/219-13-ai-tools-you-have-to-try) - [Dev Digest 132 - Binging WADFlix?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/473-dev-digest-132-binging-wadflix) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Dev Digest 137 - AI'm not sure about this](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/485-dev-digest-137-ai-m-not-sure-about-this)