Principal AI Product Engineer
Build internal products, knowledge systems, data experiences, and agent-building tools for a growing insurance technology company. The role combines principal-level product engineering, frontend development, design judgment, agentic coding, and systems thinking in a hybrid Boston environment.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Design and ship internal knowledge systems, decision-making surfaces, dashboards, catalogs, and agent-builder UIs.
- Understand company-wide data flows and determine what to centralize versus keep with individual teams.
- Create discoverable, governable patterns for composing, registering, and trusting internal agents.
- Prioritize and manage a portfolio of small internal products based on leverage.
- Partner with the Technical Infrastructure counterpart on the platform experience layer.
- Present work and explain decisions to engineers, executives, and customers.
Requirements
- Combine strong design instincts with the ability to ship production code independently.
- Strong experience with React, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind, and shadcn/ui or an equivalent.
- Comfortable working across frontend and backend boundaries.
- Experience with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or comparable agentic coding tools.
- Strong product judgment, prioritization, systems thinking, communication, and UI craft.
Nice to Have
- AWS familiarity, including Cognito, Bedrock, and CDK.
Compensation & Benefits
- Annual base salary: $152,000–$283,000 USD.
- Equity grants for all employees.
- 4% matching 401(k) program.
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance for employees working 30+ hours per week.
- Monthly wellness stipend.
- Paid parental leave.
- Flexible vacation policy.
Skills
React, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind, Shadcn/Ui, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, AWS, Amazon Cognito, Amazon Bedrock, Aws Cdk
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