{"id":102219,"date":"2026-07-17T12:48:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/uncategorized\/principal-ai-engineer\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T12:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:48:23","slug":"principal-ai-engineer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/jobs\/nairobi\/principal-ai-engineer\/","title":{"rendered":"Principal AI Engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \"@type\": \"JobPosting\", \"title\": \"Principal AI Engineer\", \"description\": \"Job Description\\nAs the Principal AI Engineer, this role is a senior technical leader driving the design and delivery of the AI platform that underpins the organization's multi-year AI Workforce\\nTransformation. The role owns the end-to-end AI architecture \u2013 from the AI Orchestration Layer to a unified LLM Gateway \u2013 ensuring the platform seamlessly embeds AI across key workflows.\\nThe position requires deep expertise in modern AI\/ML platforms and enterprise architecture, operating at a senior level as an individual contributor. It exists to elevate operational productivity through data-centric AI enablement, leveraging unique datasets to build proprietary AI solutions that augment human capabilities.\\nThis is a role that requires the ability to champion compliance, security and responsible AI \u2013 upholding strict governance and human-first design in line with \u201cAI in the Loop \/ Human in the Loop\u201d philosophy \u2013 ensuring AI technologies are implemented safely, ethically and effectively to drive a human-led, AI-augmented organization.\\nEducation & Experience\\nA Bachelor\u2019s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field a Master\u2019s degree in AI\/ML or Data Science is an added advantage, with 8+ years in software engineering or architecture \u2013 including at least 3\u20135 years designing AI, data or cloud architectures at scale and leading the technical design of complex AI\/ML platforms or datadriven products.\", \"datePosted\": \"2026-07-16\", \"hiringOrganization\": {\"@type\": \"Organization\", \"name\": \"FinSense Africa\"}, \"jobLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"address\": {\"@type\": \"PostalAddress\", \"addressLocality\": \"Nairobi\", \"addressCountry\": \"KE\"}}, \"directApply\": true, \"validThrough\": \"2026-07-30T23:59:59\", \"employmentType\": \"FULL_TIME\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> FinSense Africa<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Nairobi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Full Time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Before:<\/strong> 2026-07-30<\/p>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<p>Job Description<br \/>As the Principal AI Engineer, this role is a senior technical leader driving the design and delivery of the AI platform that underpins the organization&#8217;s multi-year AI Workforce<br \/>Transformation. The role owns the end-to-end AI architecture \u2013 from the AI Orchestration Layer to a unified LLM Gateway \u2013 ensuring the platform seamlessly embeds AI across key workflows.<br \/>The position requires deep expertise in modern AI\/ML platforms and enterprise architecture, operating at a senior level as an individual contributor. It exists to elevate operational productivity through data-centric AI enablement, leveraging unique datasets to build proprietary AI solutions that augment human capabilities.<br \/>This is a role that requires the ability to champion compliance, security and responsible AI \u2013 upholding strict governance and human-first design in line with \u201cAI in the Loop \/ Human in the Loop\u201d philosophy \u2013 ensuring AI technologies are implemented safely, ethically and effectively to drive a human-led, AI-augmented organization.<br \/>Education &#038; Experience<br \/>A Bachelor\u2019s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field a Master\u2019s degree in AI\/ML or Data Science is an added advantage, with 8+ years in software engineering or architecture \u2013 including at least 3\u20135 years designing AI, data or cloud architectures at scale and leading the technical design of complex AI\/ML platforms or datadriven products.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>Interested and qualified? Go to FinSense Africa on finsense.zohorecruit.com to apply<br \/>Build your CV for free. Download in different templates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjobmag.co.ke\/apply-now\/1281154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:10px 20px;background:#2271b1;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;\">Apply Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Source: MyJobMag<\/small><\/p>\n<p><!-- job-expiry: 2026-07-30 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company: FinSense Africa Location: Nairobi Job Type: Full Time Apply Before: 2026-07-30 Job Description Job DescriptionAs the Principal AI Engineer, this role is a senior technical leader driving the design and delivery of the AI platform that underpins the organization&#8217;s multi-year AI WorkforceTransformation. 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