[Remote] Principal Engineer, AI

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Anaplan is a company focused on optimizing business decision-making through AI-infused planning and analysis. They are seeking a Principal Engineer, AI to work across the full stack of AI applications, building production-ready features that empower users to leverage GenAI within their planning workflows.ResponsibilitiesLead the architecture, design, and deployment of scalable Generative AI and Machine learning systems into production environmentsDevelop end-to-end GenAI features, including backend API services, model integration, model monitoring, evaluations, and deploymentsIntegrate and optimize LLMs for specific business planning use cases, including prompt engineering and RAG implementationBuild conversational interfaces and agentic workflows that make complex planning tasks accessible through natural languageImplement evaluation frameworks to measure and improve GenAI feature quality, including accuracy, latency, and user satisfaction metricsDesign and develop APIs that expose AI capabilities to Anaplan's platform and third-party integrationsOptimize model inference pipelines for performance, cost, and scalability in production environmentsImplement monitoring, logging, and observability for GenAI systems to track usage, errors, and model behaviorCollaborate with data scientists to productionise ML models and forecasting algorithmsSkillsExtensive hands-on professional experience in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or related engineering domainsEnd-to-end exposure in model lifecycle development, including extensive experience in training and deploying ML models in production environmentsDeep knowledge of LLM APIs, prompt engineering, and conversational AI patternsExperience in fine-tuning LLMs for domain-specific enterprise applicationsStrong expertise in MLOps and LLMOps, ensuring scalable, reliable, and monitorable model deploymentsExperience with agentic frameworks and autonomous agent architecturesProficiency in Python and modern software development practices (testing, code review, CI/CD)Proven track record of delivering complex technical projects on time with high qualityAdvanced degree (Master's or Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a strongly related quantitative fieldHands-on experience with cloud-native ML infrastructure platformsKnowledge of vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant) and embedding modelsExperience with model serving frameworks (vLLM, TensorRT, Ray)Experience with A/B testing and experimentation frameworks for AI featuresContributions to open-source ML projects or research publicationsExperience with model observability tools (LangSmith, W&B, MLflow)Company OverviewAnaplan is a business planning software company that develops a cloud platform for decision-making with connected planning modeling. It was founded in 2006, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.anaplan.com.Company H1B SponsorshipAnaplan has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 3 in 2026, 25 in 2025, 21 in 2024, 54 in 2023, 72 in 2022, 104 in 2021, 52 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.