[Hiring] Principal AI Engineer @OutSystems

Role Description

Come shape the future of software creation and be part of a truly unique global culture at OutSystems! As an AI Software Developer on our AI Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC) team, you will design and evolve the internal frameworks that accelerate our company's product development. Your work will directly empower our engineers, product managers, and architects by building cutting-edge tools and agents, making Generative AI a first-class citizen in our software development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and evolve our AI-agentic Product Development Lifecycle framework, ensuring scalable, secure, and robust solutions.
• Design and orchestrate AI agents, subagents, and skills, optimizing multi-agent systems for product development contexts.
• Develop clean, maintainable, and well-tested code using advanced AI techniques like prompt engineering, RAG, and tool calling.
• Integrate and build MCP servers and tooling ecosystems, gathering continuous feedback from internal stakeholders to refine solutions.
• Implement continuous delivery pipelines and product development best practices while troubleshooting complex systemic issues.
• Collaborate and mentor global team members and framework users, providing clear architectural documentation and technical guidance.

Must-Have Requirements

• 4+ years of software engineering experience, including experience leading development teams or initiatives.
• 1+ years of dedicated AI Engineering experience (e.g., prompt engineering, agentic systems, RAG).
• Proficiency in writing clean, well-tested code in Python, GoLang, or TypeScript.
• Solid experience designing and integrating APIs (RESTful, OAuth 2.0, token-based auth) with a strong understanding of security boundaries.
• Hands-on fluency with AI-native IDEs (e.g., Cursor, GitHub Copilot) and AI CLI assistants (e.g., Claude Code).
• Fluency in English with excellent communication and troubleshooting skills.

Nice-to-Have Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (candidates with equivalent practical experience are highly encouraged to apply).
• Prior experience specifically building or consuming Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

Company Description

OutSystems is a leading AI Development Platform built for the enterprise. Global organizations trust OutSystems to rapidly build mission-critical apps and agents, modernize legacy processes with agentic systems, and govern their entire AI portfolio across complex regulatory environments, all on one unified platform.

• Founded in 2001, OutSystems now has offices in the United States, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, the UAE, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Australia, India, and Singapore.
• Our customers are some of the world's most recognizable brands across diverse industries—such as Toyota, Heineken, Bosch, KeyBank, and UCLA.
• Consistently recognized as a leader by top analyst firms Gartner, IDC and Forrester.

Working at OutSystems

Our culture is built on our core values of Trust, Customer Success, Innovation, and Alignment. We operate as one global OutSystems team, taking ownership to pursue our vision of being the AI platform enterprise leaders trust to build, secure, and evolve their most critical applications and systems.

• A company at the vanguard of the agentic revolution, where we don’t just react to AI innovation—we architect it.
• Real growth opportunities through structured programs designed to scale your expertise.
• A global collective of world-class talent, where you’ll collaborate with enterprise software legends and sought-after thought leaders.
• An inclusive culture where talented individuals from all backgrounds are empowered to learn, experiment and make an impact.