Principal Ai Engineer - Ai Tutor

Datacamp

United States
Fully remote (from the united states, united kingdom, belgium, portugal, or uae)
Llm-based systems
Agentic workflows
Custom metrics and frameworks
DataCamp is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to develop an AI tutoring system that enhances personalized learning experiences. The ideal candidate will have experience in building complex LLM-based systems, strong software engineering skills, and a passion for educational technology

Job Summary

  • Build and evolve the core AI tutoring system, including prompt architectures, agentic workflows, and real-time adaptive behaviors.
  • Run rigorous experimentation and evaluation, developing custom metrics and frameworks to measure learning effectiveness and improve model reliability.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with educators, content creators, and product teams to translate pedagogical goals into technical solutions.

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DataCamp is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to develop an AI tutoring system that enhances personalized learning experiences. The ideal candidate will have experience in building complex LLM-based systems, strong software engineering skills, and a passion for educational technology.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • LLM-based systems
  • agentic workflows
  • custom metrics and frameworks
  • Python software engineering
  • production infrastructure and CI/CD

Nice-to-have

  • empathy for learners
  • holistic reasoning across AI and UX
  • familiarity with learning science

Key Requirements

  • 1+ years building complex LLM-based systems
  • Ability to design meaningful evaluation methods
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals
  • Actively follows AI research

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Not specified

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