Job Summary:
Gradial is a company that helps marketers and creatives move from idea to execution faster through their innovative platform. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the architecture and technical vision behind AI-native systems that transform how creative teams build and update websites, collaborating closely with engineering, product, and design leaders.
Responsibilities:
• Define and drive the technical architecture for systems that convert natural language into intelligent, multi-step workflows using generative AI.
• Lead the design, implementation, and scaling of LLM agents for real-time inference, dynamic prompting, memory management, and tool orchestration.
• Set engineering standards and influence system design across the stack, with a focus on performance, reliability, and long-term extensibility.
• Design learning systems that integrate customer feedback, usage data, and brand preferences to evolve autonomously over time.
• Mentor senior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, rapid iteration, and ownership.
• Collaborate deeply with product and design leaders to rethink how interfaces and features dynamically adapt to user intent.
• Champion best practices in testing, observability, deployment, and operational excellence to ensure system health at scale.
• Own critical, ambiguous problem spaces from end to end, advocating for technical and product innovation.
Qualifications:
Required:
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant leadership of complex technical initiatives.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, algorithms, and scalable software design.
• Proven track record architecting and shipping systems in fast-moving, high-ambiguity environments.
• Hands-on experience with LLM integration, generative AI frameworks, or building AI-native applications.
• Strong communication and cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences.
• High-agency, ownership-driven mindset with a passion for solving real-world problems at scale.
• Background in technical fields such as computer science, mathematics, physics, or systems engineering.
Preferred:
• Experience building or scaling AI agent architectures for production environments.
• Prior experience in early-stage startups where you owned both strategy and execution.
• Passion for designing systems that blend technical sophistication with elegant, intuitive user experiences.
Company:
Gradial is an enterprise software company that provides AI agents that automate enterprise content workflows. Founded in 2023, the company is headquartered in Seattle, USA, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.