Principal AI Engineer

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Hyderabad, Telangana, IND
In-Office
Senior level
Payments • Software
The Role
The Principal AI Engineer will architect a shared AI platform, drive product AI strategy, enforce responsible AI, and mentor the team, writing production code daily.
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About InvoiceCloud

InvoiceCloud is a fast-growing fintech leader recognized with 20 major awards in 2025, including USA TODAY and Boston Globe Top Workplaces, multiple SaaS Awards wins for Best Solution for Finance and FinTech, and national customer service honors from Stevie and the Business Intelligence Group. Judges also highlighted our mission to reduce digital exclusion and restore simplicity and dignity to how people pay for essential services, as well as our leadership in AI maturity and responsible innovation. It’s an award-winning, purpose-driven environment where top talent thrives. To learn more, visit InvoiceCloud.com. 


About InvoiceCloud

InvoiceCloud is the leading digital payments platform for utilities, insurance carriers, municipalities, and financial institutions. We enable billers to present bills digitally and collect payments across every channel — driving digital adoption, reducing costs, and improving the customer experience. With 3,000+ billing organizations, 240M+ invoices, and $38B+ in annual payment volume, we're investing heavily in AI to transform from a best-in-class payments processor into a Billing Intelligence Platform.

About the Role

We're building a shared AI platform that powers the next generation of our product portfolio — multi-agent orchestration, ML scoring infrastructure, and LLM-powered intelligence products. As Principal AI Engineer, you'll architect this platform, set the technical direction, and define the engineering standards that the organization builds against.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role — not a management position. You set architectural direction and write production code every day. You think in ADRs, trade-off matrices, and failure modes. You use Claude Code and AI accelerators to operate at 3–5x speed, and you teach the team to do the same.

Your work directly shapes a growing AI product portfolio. The platform you architect becomes the shared foundation — every subsequent product launches faster because of the infrastructure decisions you make now.

You'll be based in India, working hybrid (3 days in-office per week), and will report to the VP of Engineering / CTO.

 
What You'll Do

 Own AI Platform Architecture : 

  • Design the full AI platform — multi-agent orchestration, ML inference infrastructure, LLM gateway, tool registry, and eval/observability stack
  • Write Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) that the organization builds against
  • Make build-vs-buy decisions, evaluate emerging frameworks (A2A, MCP, Visa TAP), and define integration patterns
  • Design system-level concerns: auth gating, policy enforcement (OPA), API gateway patterns (Kong), and multi-tenant isolation
  • Define reference architectures for AI-enabled services across .NET 10 APIs, Python ML workloads, React frontends, AKS deployments, Kong gateway integration, and Azure DevOps delivery pipelines

Drive Product AI Strategy : 

  • Partner with Product and CTO office to translate business objectives into AI technical strategy
  • Identify where AI creates differentiated value — predictive models, conversational agents, intelligent automation
  • Evaluate and de-risk emerging technologies. Present to executive leadership on AI capabilities, costs, and competitive positioning
  • Define the AI FinOps strategy: token metering, model routing for cost optimization, quota management, and budget forecasting
  • Establish clear platform decision rules for when AI capabilities should be implemented as .NET services, Python services, Azure ML pipelines, background jobs, or embedded product workflows

AI Safety, Governance and Responsible AI : 

  • Define and enforce the Responsible AI framework — content safety guardrails, PII governance, bias testing, and audit trails
  • Ensure all AI systems meet PCI DSS, SOC 2, and emerging AI regulation requirements
  • Establish model validation and governance processes — transparency, explainability, and fairness are non-negotiable
  • Build the trust infrastructure that enables the organization to deploy AI confidently in regulated financial services
  • Champion ethical AI principles; ensure all agents and models comply with global financial regulations and internal compliance standards

Write Code - Everyday : 

  • Write production code, review critical PRs, debug complex agent interactions, and prototype new capabilities
  • Lead by example — your code quality, testing discipline, and documentation set the standard
  • Use Claude Code and AI accelerators daily. Build custom skills, MCP integrations, and automation workflows

Mentor and Multiply the Team :

  • Raise the AI engineering bar across the organization. Run design reviews, pair on complex problems
  • Champion AI-accelerated development — train the team on Claude Code workflows, custom skills, and agentic tooling
  • Define engineering standards, evaluation criteria, and best practices that scale beyond your direct team
 
 
Must-Have Qualifications
  • 10+ years in software engineering with 5+ years in AI/ML — you've architected and shipped production AI systems
  • System design mastery — multi-agent architectures, ML platforms, or large-scale inference systems
  • Azure + Microsoft AI stack deep expertise — Azure ML, AI Foundry, Semantic Kernel, .NET agent frameworks
  • Python + .NET bilingual — Python for ML/data, .NET/C# for agent runtimes
  • LLM systems at production scale — prompt management, RAG, content safety, agentic workflows
  • AI-first development velocity — Claude Code, Cursor, or equivalent at 3–5x speed
  • Deep experience architecting modern .NET cloud-native platforms — including API-first service design, distributed systems, Kubernetes deployment, gateway integration, and CI/CD governance
Nice-to-Have
  • FinTech / Payments architecture — PCI DSS, SOC 2, regulated AI
  • Agentic Commerce & A2A — Google A2A, MCP, Visa TAP
  • Technical leadership track record — mentored teams, ADR processes, C-level presentations
  • Omnichannel & voice AI — web chat, voice, SMS, Azure Communication Services
  • ML platform engineering — model registries, feature stores, drift detection
  • Published or open-source contributions in AI/ML
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, AI/ML, Mathematics, or a related technical field required. A Master's degree is preferred — but we value what you've built and the systems you've architected over credentials.

InvoiceCloud is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, age, sex, nationality, disability, genetic information, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected under applicable laws.

This commitment applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave, compensation, and training.

If you require a disability-related or religious accommodation during the application or recruitment process, and wish to discuss possible adjustments, please contact [email protected].

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Skills Required

  • 10+ years in software engineering with 5+ years in AI/ML
  • System design mastery
  • Azure + Microsoft AI stack deep expertise
  • Python + .NET bilingual
  • LLM systems at production scale
  • Deep experience architecting modern .NET cloud-native platforms

InvoiceCloud Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about InvoiceCloud and has not been reviewed or approved by InvoiceCloud.

  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time off is expansive with a flexible time‑off program, paid holidays, Summer/Flexible Fridays, and a full company break between Christmas and New Year’s. This breadth provides meaningful planned downtime and flexibility.
  • Parental & Family Support Family‑building benefits including egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement are available, alongside paid parental leave. No‑cost mental health therapy and coaching further support caregivers and dependents.
  • Strong & Reliable Incentives Sales compensation includes meaningful variable upside with competitive structures across SDR through enterprise roles. This indicates on‑target earnings potential that aligns with market expectations for quota‑bearing roles.

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The Company
HQ: Braintree, MA
279 Employees
Year Founded: 2009

What We Do

InvoiceCloud provides a complete, simple, and secure electronic bill presentment and payment solution. Our SaaS platform provides flexible and always-up-to-date online payment solutions that can be configured to meet the unique needs of your organization. And our simple-to-use interface engages customers throughout the payment process to deliver your highest ever e-payment adoption rates.

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