Principal, Technical Innovation; AI

Position Overview

Position Overview We’re looking for an Engineer to join our leadership team. You’ll work closely with customers, executives, product leaders, architects, AI teams, and engineering teams across Bullhorn to help shape and build the next generation of AI-powered products for the staffing industry. This is a highly hands‑on role where you’ll actively code, prototype, and build products from the ground up while also helping drive technical direction and product strategy.

You’ll be part of a small, focused team responsible for quickly turning ideas into working products, learning from customer feedback, and evolving successful products into scalable platform investments.

• Hands‑On Development:
  Lead development efforts by actively writing code, prototyping quickly, and building products from the ground up.
• Strategic
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Partner closely with Product, AI, Architecture, and Engineering leadership to align technical execution with business goals and customer needs.
• Customer‑Centric Solutions:
  Work directly with customers to understand operational challenges and translate them into impactful product capabilities.
• Rapid Iteration:
  Quickly prototype, launch, test, and refine products based on customer feedback, usage patterns, and evolving market needs.
• Scalable Foundations:
  Build products designed for fast validation and early adoption. Following product‑market fit, successful solutions will transition into sustained product and engineering teams to scale across the broader Bullhorn platform.
• Framework Development:
  Create reusable frameworks, tooling, and shared patterns that improve development speed and accelerate future innovation across Labs initiatives.
• AI‑First Engineering:
  Work extensively with Large Language Models (LLMs), AI‑assisted development tooling, orchestration frameworks, and emerging AI technologies.
• Cross‑Team
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work closely with a small, highly collaborative Labs team while also partnering across Bullhorn Engineering, Product, AI, UX, Architecture, Support, and Go‑To‑Market teams.
• Foster Innovation:
  Promote a culture of experimentation, rapid learning, pragmatic problem solving, and continuous improvement.

• Entrepreneurial Mindset: A strong desire to build, experiment, and improve products in a fast‑moving environment.
• Hands‑On Expertise:
  Significant experience in software development with the ability to contribute both strategically and through direct implementation.
• Customer Focus:
  Ability to deeply understand customer workflows and solve real operational problems through technology.
• Prototype to Product:
  Experience rapidly building products from the ground up, enabling fast iteration, validation, and continuous improvement.
• Framework Creation:
  Experience developing reusable frameworks, tooling, or shared patterns that improve long‑term engineering efficiency.
• AI
  
  Experience:
  
  Hands‑on familiarity with modern AI technologies and workflows, including LLMs, prompting strategies, AI‑assisted development workflows, and orchestration frameworks.
• Leadership:
  Ability to lead by example, influence technical direction, and drive execution in a fast‑paced environment.
• Adaptability:
  Comfortable operating in ambiguous and rapidly evolving environments with changing priorities and evolving technologies.
• Communication:
  Able to effectively communicate technical ideas, align on priorities, collaborate cross‑functionally, and provide clear updates on progress, trade‑offs, and status.

The annual base salary range for this position is $140,000 - $175,000. In addition, this role is eligible for an annual target bonus & a comprehensive benefits package.

• Benefits eligibility effective DAY ONE including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), 401(k) Match, and more
• Unlimited Planned Paid Time Off
• Global Mental Health Support
• On‑Demand Learning & Development
• Quarterly paid volunteer days
• Lucrative Employee Referral Program (eligible for prior to your first day)
• Company‑wide mentor program

Bullhorn’s core purpose is to create an incredible customer experience, and the organization has a sharp focus on delivering very high quality products and services to its customers. The company culture is shaped by five Core Values:
Ownership, Energy, Speed & Agility, Service, and Being Human. Each value, and its underlying definition, serves as a behavioral guide for employees as they interact with customers and fellow coworkers and is an embedded way of operating across our organization.