Senior Principal Al Engineer

Role overview

Senior Principal Al Engineer at Cornerstone OnDemand

In this role you will… Advanced Architecture & System Design: Architect, implement, and scale modern, distributed AI systems—including training pipelines, streaming data processing, serverless microservices, and MLOps infrastructure—to deliver enterprise-grade reliability and security.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technical delivery of AI Native Products —owning E2E architecture/design and hands-on engineering excellence from design through deployment, scaling, and continuous improvement.
• Drive hands-on software engineering across the full lifecycle (design, build, deploy, optimize) with strong engineering fundamentals.
• Build production-grade AI/ML capabilities (LLMs/GenAI, NLP, recommenders) with MLOps-grade reliability and monitoring.
• Design end-to-end streaming + batch data pipelines (ETL, Spark, data lakes) and scalable inference patterns- Deliver agentic/LLM workflows (orchestration, tools, vector search, knowledge graphs) with robust integration to enterprise systems.

Employment details

• HR tech/SaaS/enterprise domain experience is a plus. #LI-Onsite
• Location: Hyderabad [India]

About the employer

• About Cornerstone: Cornerstone powers the future-ready workforce with modern, AI-driven employment solutions.

Additional role details

• Our platform enables companies to develop, manage, and engage their talent—unlocking growth and innovation across organizations of all sizes.
• Who We’re Looking For: Cornerstone is seeking a visionary and highly accomplished Distinguished Principal AI Engineer to spearhead the creation of groundbreaking AI and machine learning solutions across our industry-leading workforce agility - Galaxy ecosystem.
• This is a rare opportunity for a true innovator—someone who thrives on architecting and hands-on building intelligent, autonomous systems at massive scale.
• You’ll be driving the future of workforce technology by delivering AI-powered applications that are robust, secure, ethical, and brilliantly performant.
• Lead E2E architecture for AI native SaaS Products —distributed systems, APIs, integrations, security, and reliability.
• Architect and scale modern distributed architectures (serverless/microservices, Kubernetes, Docker) and data/compute workflows.
• Set standards for AI safety, fairness, explainability, privacy, and compliance.
• Own CI/CD, DevSecOps, and GitOps practices to ensure secure, repeatable, enterprise deployments.
• Mentor teams through architecture reviews, best practices, and engineering excellence—driving responsible engineering across SDLC.
• You’ve got what it takes if you have… 12+ years of software engineering with proven ownership in product engineering, architecture & operational excellence.
• Deep expertise in engineering fundamentals (system design, distributed systems, data/compute architecture, scalability, security).
• Strong hands-on experience leading complex architecture and delivery for enterprise platforms.
• Proven experience with cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), Kubernetes/Docker, and modern API/service design.
• Strong background in ML/LLM/GenAI systems delivery or architecting AI-enabled solutions with production-grade MLOps practices.
• Experience with CI/CD, GitOps, DevSecOps, and enterprise security practices- Strong understanding of responsible AI (privacy, bias, explainability) and real-world deployment constraints.