About Lepton Software
Lepton Software builds enterprise technology platforms combining location intelligence, large-scale data platforms, and cloud-native systems. Solutions support telecom operators, enterprises, and government organizations with data analytics, geospatial intelligence, and AI-driven systems.
Job Summary
Lepton Software is hiring a Principal Engineer - AI & Machine Learning to lead technical strategy for data platforms, machine learning systems, and AI/GenAI infrastructure. This is an individual contributor role focused on architecture, innovation, and cross-functional collaboration. The role includes defining data architecture, ML engineering platforms, and GenAI infrastructure powering enterprise products.
Key Responsibilities
1. Data Platform Architecture
Design and lead modern data platform architecture
Build scalable systems for data ingestion, processing, transformation, and storage
Enable governed and reliable data access for analytics, ML models, and AI applications
2. Data Engineering
Build and manage large-scale data pipelines and ETL/ELT systems
Implement Data Lake, Data Warehouse, and Lakehouse architectures
Ensure scalability, reliability, and performance of data infrastructure
3. AI / Machine Learning Engineering
Build infrastructure for training, deploying, and monitoring ML models
Develop scalable ML pipelines and feature engineering systems
Enable AI-powered capabilities within applications
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4. Generative AI & LLM Systems
Drive adoption of Generative AI technologies across products
Design systems using Large Language Models (LLMs)
Build architectures for
LLM integration
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Vector search systems
AI agents and copilots
Evaluate and integrate GenAI frameworks and tools
5. MLOps & AI Infrastructure
Build infrastructure for
Model training
Model versioning
Model deployment
Monitoring and observability
Experimentation frameworks
Establish MLOps best practices for production ML systems
6. Data Governance & Quality
Implement frameworks for
Data lineage
Data quality monitoring
Access controls
Compliance and governance
7. AI Adoption Across Products
Partner with engineering teams to enable
Predictive analytics
Recommendation systems
Intelligent automation
AI-driven decision systems
GenAI-powered product features
Technical Skills & Qualifications
Data Platforms
Strong experience with
Data pipelines and distributed data processing
Data lake and lakehouse architectures
Streaming and real-time data processing
Large-scale analytics platforms
Machine Learning Systems
Experience with
ML pipelines and feature stores
Model training and deployment
ML model monitoring and lifecycle management
Generative AI
Strong understanding of
Large Language Models (LLMs)
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Vector databases and embedding systems
AI agents and copilots
Prompt engineering and LLM orchestration frameworks
Required Qualifications
5+ years of hands-on experience building production data and AI/ML systems
Experience designing and implementing large-scale data platforms and ML infrastructure
Strong understanding of Generative AI and LLM-based applications in production
Preferred Qualifications
Experience building AI-powered enterprise platforms
Experience integrating GenAI features into production systems
Experience with large-scale data environments
Familiarity with geospatial or location intelligence data
Why Join Lepton Software
Work on large-scale data and AI platforms
Build next-generation AI and GenAI capabilities
Solve complex real-world problems using data and AI
