Principal Engineer

About Turing

Turing is the world’s leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises looking to deploy advanced AI systems. Turing accelerates frontier research with high-quality data, specialized talent, and training pipelines that advance thinking, reasoning, coding, multimodality, and STEM. For enterprises, Turing builds proprietary intelligence systems that integrate AI into mission-critical workflows, unlock transformative outcomes, and drive lasting competitive advantage.

Recognized by Forbes, The Information, and Fast Company among the world’s top innovators, Turing’s leadership team includes AI technologists from Meta, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, McKinsey, Bain, Stanford, Caltech, and MIT.

About the role:

Turing is looking for people with LLM experience to join us in solving business problems for our Fortune 500 customers. You will be a key member of the Turing GenAI delivery organization and part of a GenAI project. You will be required to work with a team of other Turing engineers across different skill sets.

Required skills

• 10–12+ years of professional, hands-on engineering experience, including 4–6+ years specializing in building and deploying AI/ML models and systems.
• 1+ years of experience in developing Generative AI (LLM) applications using techniques like prompt engineering, RAG, and/or agents.
• Good proficiency in using various cloud services from Azure, GCP, or AWS for building the GenAI applications
• Expert proficiency in programming skills in Python, Langchain/Langgraph and SQL is a must.
• Experience in driving the engineering team toward a technical roadmap.
• Excellent communication skills to effectively collaborate with business SMEs
• Build the technical roadmap given a business requirement and own the delivery of the same.
• Lead the engineering team toward a technical roadmap and ensure timely execution of the roadmap to achieve customer satisfaction.
• Develop and optimize LLM-based solutions
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  Lead the design, training, fine-tuning, and deployment of large language models, leveraging techniques like prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agent-based architectures.
• Codebase ownership
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  Maintain high-quality, efficient code in Python (using frameworks like Lang Chain/Lang Graph) and SQL, focusing on reusable components, scalability, and performance best practices.
• Cloud integration
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  Aide in deployment of GenAI applications on cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, or AWS), optimizing resource usage and ensuring robust CI/CD processes.
• Cross-functional collaboration
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  Work closely with product owners, data scientists, and business SMEs to define project requirements, translate technical details, and deliver impactful AI products.
• Mentoring and guidance
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  Provide technical leadership and knowledge-sharing to the engineering team, fostering best practices in machine learning and large language model development.
• Continuous innovation
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  Stay abreast of the latest advancements in LLM research and generative AI, proposing and experimenting with emerging techniques to drive ongoing improvements in model performance.

• Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Computer Science
  , Engineering
  , or a related technical field.

Salary Range: $200-245K

• We are client first
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  We put our clients at the center of everything we do, because their success is the ultimate measure of our value.
• We work at Start-Up Speed: We move fast, stay agile and favor action because momentum is the foundation of perfection
• We are Al forward: We help our clients build the future of Al and implement it in our own roles and workflow to amplify productivity.

• Amazing work culture (Super collaborative & supportive work environment; 5 days a week)
• Awesome colleagues (Surround yourself with top talent from Meta, Google, Linked In etc. as well as people with deep startup experience)
• Competitive compensation

Turing is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.