Principal Product and AI Systems Engineer On-Site

Overview

On Site
$175,000 - $220,000
Full Time

Skills

Python
FastAPI
PostgreSQL
AWS
AI
React
Next.JS

Job Details

CGS Business Solutions is committed to helping you, as an esteemed IT Professional, find the next right step in your career. We match professionals like you to rewarding consulting or full-time opportunities in your area of expertise. We are currently seeking Technical Professionals who are searching for challenging and rewarding jobs for the following opportunity:

Overview

CGS is seeking a FULL TIME and ONSITE Principal Product Engineer a hands-on, end-to-end product builder at the intersection of AI, engineering, and user experience. In this role, you ll own delivery from ideation through production, translating real user needs into high-impact features and scalable systems.

Looking for a creative full-stack problem solver who moves seamlessly across frontend, backend, data, and AI someone who builds and ships quickly using modern and AI-accelerated workflows, operates with minimal oversight, and naturally leads as teams form around their work.

Duties

  • Collaborate closely with founders and product leaders to identify high-leverage opportunities and rapidly turn them into working software.
  • Architect, build, and ship full products and subsystems end-to-end across frontend (React/Next.js), backend (Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL), and AWS
  • Leverage AI and automation to drastically speed up development, experimentation, and innovation.
  • Lead by example mentor others, conduct thoughtful code reviews, and help shape engineering culture as the team grows.
  • Establish and enforce strong standards around system design, scalability, performance, and reliability.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of professional engineering experience across full-stack and/or data/AI-driven systems.
  • Demonstrated track record of independently delivering high-impact.
  • Deep expertise in Python, AWS, and modern web frameworks (React, Next.js).
  • Strong understanding of data flows and system integration (PostgreSQL, APIs, ETL).
  • Product- and outcome-driven you optimize for user value, speed, and business results.
  • Equally comfortable designing architecture and writing production-grade code.
  • Creative, resourceful, and AI-native you use modern tools to move faster and smarter.
  • Thrive in ambiguity able to identify problems, define solutions, and execute without heavy process.

About CGS Business Solutions: CGS specializes in IT business solutions, staffing and consulting services. With a strong focus in IT Applications, Network Infrastructure, Information Security, and Engineering. CGS is an INC 5000 company and is honored to be selected as one of the Best IT Recruitment Firms in California. After five consecutive Fastest Growing Company titles, CGS continues to break into new markets across the USA. Companies are counting on CGS to attract and help retain these resource pools in order to gain a competitive advantage the rapidly changing business environments.

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