Senior Principal AI & Machine Learning Engineer

Senior Principal AI & Machine Learning Engineer

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world.

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We are looking for an experienced Principal AI Engineer to drive the design, development, and deployment of AI/ML-powered applications. Candidate should have strong hands-on experience in application development, lead and mentor a team of AI developers, define best practices, and deliver scalable, production grade AI solutions aligned with business goals.

• Design, develop, and deploy AI applications, microservices, and APIs on Kubernetes-based infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance across development, staging, and production environments.
• Build and maintain end-to-end AI pipelines covering deployment, monitoring, versioning, and continuous improvement using modern MLOps/AIOps tools and practices.
• Lead and mentor a team of AI/ML engineers, conduct code reviews, and define best practices.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt emerging AI tools, frameworks, LLM technologies, and open-source solutions to enhance platform capabilities and team productivity.
• Collaborate closely with Business Analysts, Architect and technical teams to align AI engineering efforts with business objectives and ensure secure, compliant solutions.
• Establish and maintain technical documentation, deployment runbooks and SOPs

• 12+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on AI/ML application development and deployment.
• Expertise in Kubernetes – container orchestration, Helm charts, pod management, scaling, and troubleshooting.
• Strong experience with MLOps/AIOps tools and practices (e.g., MLflow, Kubeflow, Airflow, model registries, monitoring frameworks).
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms – Azure, AWS, or GCP, including their AI services.
• Strong programming skills in Python; familiarity with FastAPI, Flask, or similar frameworks is mandatory.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Git Ops, Docker, Jenkins, or Git Hub Actions.
• Lead and mentor development teams, drive delivery, and manage technical priorities.
• Experience working with Agentic and GenAI frameworks and vector databases etc.
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Open Telemetry) for AI workloads.
• Good understanding of AI security, responsible AI principles, and governance frameworks.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, AI/ML, or a related field.

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