Principal AI Engineer

DataCamp is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to join their team in developing an advanced AI tutoring system aimed at delivering real-time, adaptive learning experiences. This role involves working on the core AI system that emulates and eventually surpasses human tutoring capabilities. The position is open to remote candidates from the United Kingdom, Belgium, Portugal, or the United Arab Emirates.

In this role, you will be responsible for building and evolving the AI tutoring system, including designing prompt architectures and agentic workflows. You will conduct rigorous experimentation and evaluation, developing custom metrics and frameworks to measure learning effectiveness and improve model reliability. Additionally, you will collaborate cross-functionally with educators, content creators, and product teams to translate pedagogical goals into technical solutions.

The ideal candidate should have at least one year of experience building complex large language model-based systems, with strong prompt engineering intuition and experience designing agentic workflows. Proficiency in Python and familiarity with production infrastructure, cloud environments, and CI/CD are essential. A strong empathy for learners and content creators, along with the ability to translate pedagogical goals into system behavior and product decisions, is also required.

DataCamp offers a competitive salary with attractive benefits, including flexible working hours, a yearly learning budget for conferences and training, international company retreats, and a yearly refreshment of IT equipment for your home working setup.

Joining DataCamp means becoming part of a dynamic, creative, and international start-up. You will face new technical challenges daily, keeping your work engaging and rewarding. The company values data-driven decision-making, action, transparency, ownership, and customer focus, fostering a collaborative team environment that encourages continuous learning and innovation.