Principal AI Engineer – API Modernization (AI & Agent Systems)
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Data-driven signals on your job's competitivenessSenior principal role reduces pool, but metro Hyderabad location and AI/platform appeal increase competition to medium.
Deep AI-native API and platform specialization limits transferability across unrelated industries.
Explicit 10+ years and principal-level, mandatory platform and AI expertise create high shortlisting strictness.
Job Description
Structured overview of role & requirementsAbout This Role
Lead modernization and refactoring of core backend APIs and platform interfaces to support AI-native workflows and automated consumers.
Define and implement company-wide standards for AI-ready APIs including behavior, schema, validation, observability, versioning, and operational safeguards.
Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance across multiple engineering teams to drive scalable integration patterns and long-term modernization strategy without disrupting existing operations.
Minimum Requirements
10+ years in software engineering with expertise in backend systems, distributed architectures, and platform engineering.
Proven experience architecting, building, and evolving complex APIs and distributed systems at scale, including modernizing legacy production platforms.
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India with 2-3 days a week mandatory office attendance.
Deep knowledge of API contracts, schema design, observability, validation, authentication, authorization, and resilience in distributed systems.
Ideal Candidate Profile
Experienced technical leader able to influence architectural strategy across multiple engineering organizations in large-scale platform environments.
Strong systems-thinking mindset with ability to balance ideal future architecture with operational realities and incremental delivery.
Background in building highly reliable, scalable, and observable API infrastructures that support AI orchestration systems, agent workflows, and machine-driven interactions.