Principal AI Engineer

Principal AI Engineer - OutSystems

Location: Hybrid, Menlo Park, California (at least 2 days in the office).

About the Role

Join OutSystems, a global leader in software innovation, and contribute to a truly unique and evolving global culture. As a Principal AI Engineer, you will be crucial in bridging research and production, deploying cutting-edge AI across the full application lifecycle, from design through development to production. Work with other AI Engineers to transform state-of-the-art models into robust, scalable, and efficient software development experiences. Your expertise will directly enhance how developers interact with our platform, making complex tasks intuitive and accessible.
 

Key Responsibilities

• Design and architect ML/AI systems, collaborating cross-functionally with multiple stakeholders.

• Contribute to the architecture of OutSystems' AI platform and services.

• Partner with Research Scientists to design, prototype, and implement state-of-the-art AI models and algorithms, ensuring production optimization for scale and performance.

• Develop and implement highly available, fault-tolerant systems for serving sophisticated AI models, with a focus on reliability, efficiency, and MLOps best practices.

• Define data collection strategies and feedback loops to enable continuous learning and improvement of our AI capabilities and product offerings.

• Guide, mentor, and elevate the technical capabilities of other AI Engineers, championing best practices in design, implementation, and AI development.

• Maintain deep knowledge of the state-of-the-art in AI/ML models, agents, and developer tools, driving the adoption of relevant advancements across the team and company.

• Collaborate cross-functionally to identify opportunities and enhance our AI products and data infrastructure.

Preferred Qualifications

• M.Sc. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related quantitative field (e.g., Electrical Engineering, Physics, Statistics).

• 10+ years of hands-on professional experience in applied AI/ML roles with a proven record of delivering impactful solutions.

• Demonstrable experience deploying and managing Large Language Models (LLMs) in production environments.

• Proven ability to design, build, and ship complex, data-intensive, and scalable systems in a real-world setting.

• Strong problem-solving skills and programming proficiency, including the ability to architect and implement end-to-end solutions (from data processing and model development to deployment and monitoring). Expertise in Python is required; experience with C# is valued.

• Exhibit creativity, ambition, curiosity, resourcefulness, and innovation.

Why Join OutSystems?

You will be stepping into a unique opportunity at the intersection of two of the most disruptive technologies in the enterprise space. You won't just be leading a team—you'll be leading the charge in how our customers accelerate their adoption of intelligent automation.

Salary Range (base): $229,500 - $270,000 annually

Salary Determination: Our salary range is based on industry standards, company performance, and market conditions. We offer competitive compensation packages to attract and retain top talent.

In determining salary ranges, we consider factors such as

• Market Research: Industry reports, salary surveys, and online salary databases

• Company Performance: Financial performance, revenue growth, and budget allocation

• Job Requirements: Skills, experience, and qualifications necessary for the role

• Geographic Location: Cost of living, market conditions, and industry standards in our region

The Longer Story:

OutSystems enables enterprise teams to build AI-powered applications and agents that reduce manual work, streamline internal operations, and accelerate impact. A proven low-code foundation combined with agentic AI and AI app generation capabilities empowers teams to move up to 10x faster with the assurance of security, scalability, and governance built in.

As the future becomes agentic, our customers need us now more than ever. AI has opened the door to extraordinary possibilities—but inside the enterprise, things are moving fast and feeling chaotic. Some early adopters are making progress in production, but for many, AI tools are sprawling without governance, data isn’t ready, and talent isn’t there yet. Enterprises are still drowning in application backlogs and struggling with legacy systems. But with the right platform, AI doesn’t have to add to the chaos. It can become the breakthrough that brings clarity—and drives real, enterprise-wide impact. At OutSystems, we’ve built that platform, providing the tools necessary for enterprises to overcome these hurdles.

We are looking for passionate, talented, and motivated people to join us in helping our customers build, deploy, and scale apps and agents—fast, helping them accelerate innovation while enabling secure, governed human-AI collaboration.

OutSystems is a truly global company, with more than 850,000 developer community members, 1,700 employees, more than 500 partners, and thousands of active customers in over 75 countries and across 21 industries. Founded in 2001, OutSystems has offices in the United States, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, the UAE, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Australia, India, and Singapore, and of course has a thriving, worldwide community of remote employees.

Amongst our customers are some of the world's most recognizable brands across diverse industries—brands like Toyota, Heineken, Bosch, KeyBank, and UCLA. These customers are the reason we have a 4.6 star rating on G2. Their success is ours, and their stories demonstrate tangible ROI and transformational impact. We are a 9x Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for Low-Code Application Platforms and a multi-year leader in the Forrester Wave. We’re recognized not just as leaders but as visionaries with a strong ability to execute, now extending our leadership into the AI and agentic application development arena.

Working at OutSystems

Our goal is to ensure that OutSystems is a place for bright, happy, and motivated people who share a common purpose and take pride in doing excellent work to pursue our vision of providing the AI-powered low-code development platform enterprise leaders trust to build, secure, and evolve their business applications, agents, and core systems. Our culture is focused on our core values of trust, customer success, innovation, and alignment. Our team members operate with transparency, integrity, and accountability, define success through the lens of the outcomes we deliver for our customers, push the boundaries with excellence, and work together toward our shared vision to deliver on what matters most.

What do we have to offer you?

• A company that is always growing, changing, and innovating. We challenge each other to innovate in our products, in our team, and how we use our own technology. And we give our teams space to be proactive and creative.

• Real career opportunities. We care about growth and development. Yes, vertical career progression is a possibility, but it's not the only one. From lateral moves and joining different teams to mastering specialized skills, we support your growth no matter what your goals are.

• Work colleagues that are as smart, hard-working, and driven as you. We act as one global OutSystems team, taking ownership and working together toward a shared vision.

• Disrupting the status quo is in our DNA. In fact, it’s why our company exists.

• We ask “why” a lot. It helps us connect our individual work to the bigger picture and sometimes even uncover a better way.

Are you ready for the next step in your career? Then we’d love to hear from you!

OutSystems nurtures an inclusive culture of diversity, where everyone feels empowered to be their authentic self and perform at their best. A company that embraces the creativity and innovation that comes through diverse perspectives. We are committed to creating a team that reflects society through inclusive programs and initiatives and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive equal consideration regardless of race, place of origin, color, age, marital status, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by law.