About the job
ABOUT PLACER.AI:
At Placer.ai, we are revolutionizing the way organizations perceive and analyze the physical world. Our cutting-edge location analytics platform offers unmatched insights into locations, market trends, and consumer behaviors. Placer enables thousands of clients—from Fortune 500 companies to local governments and nonprofits—to make informed, data-driven decisions.
What differentiates us? We have developed the most advanced location intelligence platform available while upholding an unwavering commitment to privacy, demonstrating that impactful analytics and ethical data practices can indeed coexist.
Our rapid growth is a testament to the market's demand: we reached $100 million in annual recurring revenue within just six years of our inception, achieved unicorn status with a valuation exceeding $1 billion in 2022, and are consistently expanding as one of North America's fastest-growing tech firms. We are on the brink of creating a market opportunity exceeding $100 billion, and we are just getting started.
Proudly recognized as one of Forbes' Best Startup Employers and a Deloitte Technology Fast 500 company, we are fostering a culture where innovation flourishes, collaboration thrives, and every member plays a pivotal role in redefining the understanding of location.
SUMMARY:
We are in search of a highly skilled Principal Engineer with extensive expertise in Generative AI to spearhead our GenAI product solutions and development initiatives. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for shaping the technical vision and architecture of our AI-driven location intelligence platform, crafting production-ready solutions that transform how businesses utilize and interpret location data. You will manage the full-stack development of our conversational AI system, encompassing LLM integration, agentic workflows, and real-time streaming interfaces, while laying the groundwork for our next-generation business intelligence tools. If you are a technical leader with over 10 years of software development experience, proven achievements in production Generative AI environments, and a zeal for constructing scalable AI platforms that yield tangible business results, we invite you to apply.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead the technical design and architectural decisions for our GenAI products, ensuring robust scalability and performance of the AI-enabled location intelligence system.
- Develop technical roadmaps that align with business goals and scalability needs.
- Design and deploy comprehensive AI systems from prototype to production, including LLM integration, agentic architectures, and RAG implementations.
- Create resilient data pipelines and infrastructure capable of supporting AI/ML workloads at scale.
- Manage model deployment and integration processes, ensuring high availability and performance.

