Principal Software Engineer — AI-Augmented Development

Stellenbeschreibung

Core Development (60%) Design and ship scalable features from concept to production Use Claude, Copilot, and coding agents to prototype and iterate 10x faster Write production-quality code (not just AI-generated drafts—you validate, refactor, optimize) Own full-stack ownership: APIs, databases, services, integrations Review code for correctness, performance, and maintainability Architecture & Technical Strategy (25%) Make architectural decisions based on speed, cost, and reliability tradeoffs Define API design, database schemas, integration patterns Know when to use: PostgreSQL vs ## Aufgaben - Codes 50-70% of your time using AI-assisted development - Makes architectural decisions through code, not PowerPoint - Understands business metrics and translates them into technical priorities - Owns end-to-end features: database → backend → frontend → analytics - Uses AI agents to prototype, test, optimize, and refactor rapidly ## Profil - Development - 5+ years professional software engineering - Strong fundamentals in Python, TypeScript, or similar - Comfortable full-stack: backend systems, databases, frontend - Experience shipping production features under deadline pressure - AI-Augmented Workflow - Proficient with Claude, GitHub Copilot, or similar AI coding tools - Can use agents to generate, test, and optimize code at scale - Know how to validate AI-generated code (not copy-pasting blindly) - Experience with prompt engineering for code generation - Architecture - Understand distributed systems, APIs, databases, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) - Can design systems that scale without overthinking microservices - Know the tradeoffs: speed of development vs. technical debt - Practical knowledge of Docker, CI/CD, observability - Business Understanding - Can sit with product/CEO and understand: CAC, retention, unit economics, KPIs - Know how to turn "we need to reduce churn" into technical architecture - Care about what gets shipped, not just how it's built - Experience working in early-stage startups (speed > perfection) - Data & AI (Your advantage) - Comfortable with analytics and experimentation - Understand LLMs, embeddings, RAG, basic agent design - Can integrate AI APIs (OpenAI, Claude, custom models) without overthinking - Experience with vector databases, analytics stacks a plus ## Unternehmen Medtech Bewerbung: online über Try&Hire, mit Ihrem Profil — https://tryandhire.io/ch-de/einsaetze/e/principal-software-engineer-ai-augmented-development-tah-k6hw9/