Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)

Invisible Technologies
London, New York, San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 12+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Client-facing","Leadership","Problem-solving","Collaboration"]

Lead AI-powered, client-facing engineering work to design and deploy end-to-end systems; drive architecture, strategy, and execution of high-impact workflows with a hybrid AI engineer, software builder, and technical consultant approach.

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Invisible Technologies
Invisible Technologies
10 months ago

Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)

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Job Summary

Lead AI-powered, client-facing engineering work to design and deploy end-to-end systems; drive architecture, strategy, and execution of high-impact workflows with a hybrid AI engineer, software builder, and technical consultant approach.
Location: London, New York, San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Partner with delivery and executive stakeholders to scope, design, and lead implementation of AI-driven solutions
  • •Identify transformational opportunities in messy, ambiguous workflows and turn them into repeatable systems
  • •Lead architecture design and trade-off discussions across performance, scalability, cost, and reliability
  • •Own projects from first discovery call through full deployment — including client-facing delivery, internal coordination, and post-launch iteration
  • •Build shared infrastructure, reusable components, and internal playbooks to level-up the team
Travel: High travel

Key Requirements

  • •12+ years of software engineering experience, including significant time spent building data, ML, or backend systems
  • •Python & ML/LLM Frameworks: Deep proficiency in Python with hands-on experience using Hugging Face, LangChain, OpenAI, Pinecone, and related ecosystems
  • •Deployment & Infrastructure: Skilled in full-stack and API-based deployment patterns, including Docker, FastAPI, Kubernetes, and cloud environments (GCP, AWS)
  • •Platform Orchestration: Experienced with workflow orchestration libraries, pub/sub systems (Kafka), and schema governance
  • •Data Management: Expertise in data governance and operations, including Unity Catalog and policy management, cluster/job orchestration, data contracts and quality enforcement, Delta/ETL pipelines, and replay processes
Experience:12+ yearsAIEnterprise softwareCloud
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationClient-facingLeadershipProblem-solvingCollaboration
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonHugging FaceLangChainOpenAIPineconeDockerFastAPIKubernetesGCPAWSKafkaUnity CatalogDelta/ETLData contracts

Company Brief

Invisible Technologies
Invisible Technologies provides an enterprise AI platform that structures messy data, builds digital workflows, deploys agentic solutions, and integrates human expertise to operationalize AI for customers across industries. Founded in 2015, it has rapidly grown and serves large enterprise clients.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Revenue: USD 100M to 250M
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2015
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