Principal AI Software Engineer

Job description

At AbsenceSoft, we’re transforming the employee experience. Our secure, intuitive technology helps employers bring humanity, certainty, and efficiency to some of the most complex moments in the workplace. Built by HR professionals for HR professionals, we’re proud of where we’ve been and even more excited about where we’re going. We're seeking a Principal AI Software Engineer who thrives in dynamic environments and is excited to shape the future of AI-powered intelligent applications. In this role, you'll architect, build, and deploy AI-driven systems—blending traditional ML pipelines, computer vision and audio models, and modern LLM and agentic AI approaches. You'll work across engineering and product to bring smart, contextual, and reliable AI features to production, collaborating closely with data scientists and data engineers to ensure performance, accuracy, and scalability. If you're a builder who is energized by frontier AI problems—whether with language models, vision systems, or classic predictive pipelines—and who cares deeply about ethics, usability, and long-term scalability, we'd love to meet you. WHAT YOU'LL DO: - Design and implement AI applications using the most eff...