AI Principal Engineer WW-FT

Role Overview

At Onyx Graphics, you’ll take ownership of our software architecture while building the most complex, high-impact parts of our platform. As a hands-on technical leader, you’ll guide overall system direction, solve hard problems, and empower others to deliver at scale.

Our stack is end-to-end TypeScript (React + Node.js), with Rust for high-performance components and a C++ codebase we’re actively modernizing. You’ll act as the technical anchor across web apps, backend services, hardware integrations, licensing systems, cloud infrastructure, and AI-powered capabilities bringing everything together into a cohesive, scalable platform.

This is a hands-on role where you’ll define architecture, write production code, mentor teammates, and help establish modern, AI-assisted development practices.

You will be successful in this role if you:

• Design end-to-end systems and clearly articulate trade-offs, decisions, and their impact
• Are naturally curious and have AI DevOps Experience
• Are a hands-on builder who owns complex, high leverage work not just architecture diagrams
• Take a pragmatic approach to technology, favoring proven, maintainable solutions over trends
• Use AI coding tools daily, focusing on correctness, reliability, and long-term maintainability
• Validate and test AI-generated output, and can explain how you ensure accuracy and quality
• Think deeply about systems and can clearly explain what you build to others
• Enjoy mentoring and raising the bar as the team grows, emphasizing understanding over tooling
• Are intellectually honest comfortable saying “I don’t know” and driving structured problem-solving
• Bring experience across modern application stacks (TypeScript, Node.js) and systems-level development (Rust, C/C++)

You’ll partner closely with our Director of Product & Engineering to turn product vision into reliable, scalable software our customers depend on every day.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture across platform, enterprise solutions, frontend/backend, hardware, and cloud systems
• Drive core technical strategy (architecture, integrations, deployment, monorepo, runtime, AI standards)
• Design scalable enterprise integrations with ERP, MIS, CRM, and production/print ecosystems
• Lead development of modern licensing systems (cloud + offline/air-gapped, subscriptions, feature gating)
• § Build and modernize high-impact systems (C++, Rust, WebAssembly) and solve complex technical challenges
• Partner with Product and customer teams to translate workflows into scalable solution designs
• Act as technical authority for enterprise customers, advising on automation, optimization, and transformation
• Evaluate and apply emerging technologies; prototype solutions to accelerate innovation and adoption
• Ensure rapid, reliable delivery via scalable architecture, testing, and release processes
• Provide technical leadership, mentor teams, and maintain clear architecture and solution documentation