Principal Software Architect

<p><em>Please Note: This is a remote position available in the state listed on this job. Additionally, employment with BambooHR is contingent on passing both a background and credit check. </em></p> <p><strong>AI at BambooHR<br></strong></p> <p>At BambooHR, we’re all about setting people free to do great work, and we believe AI is a powerful partner in that mission. We’re leaning into intelligent tools to streamline our workflows, giving us more time for high-impact innovation. We look for curious, forward-thinking people who are ready to explore how AI can elevate their work and help us reimagine the future of HR.</p> <p><strong>Essential Job Duties</strong></p> <p><span data-offset-key="637gr-0-0"><span data-text="true">Looking to work on an award-winning product with some of the best developers the market has to offer? Looking for a role where you can engineer and architect a product but still have a life outside of that? Well, keep reading. As a Principal Software Architect at BambooHR you will work with an </span></span><span id="popover-trigger-:ro:" class="chakra-text css-1j6t0d7"><span data-offset-key="637gr-1-0"><span data-text="true">exceptional</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="637gr-2-0"><span data-text="true"> team of </span></span><span id="popover-trigger-:rq:" class="chakra-text css-1j6t0d7"><span data-offset-key="637gr-3-0"><span data-text="true">talented</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="637gr-4-0"><span data-text="true"> individuals who live and breathe our Bamboo Values. You will help define BambooHR's technical strategy for intelligent product experiences. You will architect and guide the delivery of AI-powered capabilities that are secure, reliable, observable, and maintainable at scale, balancing modern AI capabilities with sound software engineering principles. Although writing code is part of this role, it goes beyond just that. You will have many additional responsibilities, listed below.</span></span></p> <p>You will:</p> <ul> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-reset public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="7rf7l" data-offset-key="30dlp-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="30dlp-0-0"><span id="popover-trigger-:rs:" class="chakra-text css-bcri66"><span data-offset-key="30dlp-0-0"><span data-text="true">Build reliable AI systems in production, including prompt/version management, evaluation and regression testing, monitoring for drift/quality, and cost performance optimization</span></span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="7rf7l" data-offset-key="ai0lt-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="ai0lt-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ai0lt-0-0"><span data-text="true">Establish responsible AI practices for the team (privacy, data handling, model risk, human-in-the-loop workflows), and contribute to patterns/standards that scale across services</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="7rf7l" data-offset-key="215a7-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="215a7-0-0"><span data-offset-key="215a7-0-0"><span data-text="true">Defining architectural changes that can be implem