Principal Software ML Engineer

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HP is seeking a Principal Software ML Engineer to define and guide the architecture of modern software platforms within HPs device and services ecosystem. This role will provide technical leadership across client applications backend services cloud integrations device interfaces enterprise workflows AI-enabled capabilities and production-scale software systems.

In this role you will help shape an incubation effort within HPs PC ecosystem experience and human agent interactions operating with the speed ambiguity and creativity of a start-up while leveraging the scale and reach of HP. You will work directly with customers to understand real-world needs incorporate feedback into product and technical direction and architect new edge AI-enabled experiences that have the potential to define the next generation of intelligent PCs and peripherals.

The ideal candidate is a senior technical leader with deep experience designing scalable secure maintainable and enterprise-ready software architectures. This role requires strong system-level thinking hands-on technical credibility and the ability to translate ambiguous business product and engineering requirements into practical architecture strategies and implementation roadmaps.

You will partner closely with software engineering UX product management hardware engineering security manageability validation DevOps systems engineering and executive stakeholders to deliver high-quality software platforms that support long-term product evolution operational reliability and differentiated customer experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner directly with customers and internal product/design teams to gather feedback validate early product concepts and translate customer insights into architecture decisions for edge AI-enabled incubation products.
• Define and own the end-to-end software architecture for complex software platforms spanning client applications backend services cloud-connected workflows local device interactions and enterprise integrations.
• Establish architectural direction technical principles design patterns and platform-level decisions that enable scalability reliability maintainability performance security privacy and extensibility.
• Provide technical leadership for AI-enabled software capabilities including AI service integration LLM workflows model orchestration inference API integration evaluation pipelines responsible AI considerations and operational guardrails.
• Drive architectural alignment across local applications cloud services enterprise identity systems connected devices firmware-adjacent interfaces device management platforms and backend systems.
• Identify and resolve complex system-level challenges related to performance responsiveness startup time latency resource utilization observability reliability and long-term maintainability.
• Define non-functional requirements for security privacy compliance auditability manageability deployment readiness diagnostics supportability and enterprise governance.
• Mentor senior engineers and technical leads helping raise engineering standards in architecture code quality design documentation test strategy technical reviews and software lifecycle management.
• Create and maintain architecture documentation decision records system diagrams integration specifications technical roadmaps risk assessments and platform evolution plans.
• Evaluate emerging technologies frameworks cloud services AI development patterns and enterprise software platforms to determine practical adoption opportunities.
• Influence cross-functional stakeholders and leadership by clearly communicating architectural trade-offs risks dependencies technical debt and recommended investment areas.

Education and Experience

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
• 10 years of software engineering experience including significant experience designing and delivering complex software platforms distributed systems enterprise applications cloud-connected products or device-integrated software solutions.
• 5 years of experience in a technical leadership architecture principal engineer staff engineer or equivalent role.

Knowledge and Skills

• Deep experience designing modern software architectures across frontend applications backend services local applications cloud services APIs data models and enterprise integrations.
• Strong technical depth in one or more frontend technologies such as Angular React TypeScript JavaScript HTML and CSS.
• Strong backend and systems development experience with languages such as Rust Python C# Go or similar.
• Experience defining architecture for Windows desktop applications companion applications background services system tray applications OS-integrated applications or software that interacts with local system services.
• Strong understanding of API design service-oriented architecture distributed systems event-driven workflows asynchronous processing application state management and integration design.
• Experience with AI service integration LLM APIs prompt workflows model orchestration embeddings inference APIs evaluation pipelines and responsible AI development practices.
• Experience integrating local software with cloud services backend systems enterprise identity providers device management platforms and enterprise software ecosystems.
• Strong understanding of software security privacy authentication authorization compliance audit logging data protection and enterprise governance requirements.
• Experience with Git-based development workflows CI/CD pipelines automated testing strategies release engineering and production support practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Tauri WebView WebRTC COM interfaces PowerShell automation native application integration or cross-platform desktop application frameworks.
• Experience with Microsoft Graph Microsoft Intune Azure services enterprise APIs identity platforms SSO device management or manageability workflows.
• Experience with enterprise manageability solutions (MS Intune ADMX/Group Policy HP WXP or similar MDM/UEM platforms)
• Experience with connected-device software peripheral integration local device discovery firmware-adjacent workflows or hardware/software co-design.
• Experience building architecture for incubation products proof-of-concept platforms beta programs early-stage software initiatives or new product introductions.

The pay range for this role is$165450to$259750USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location job-related knowledge skills and experience.

Benefits:

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position including:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies including;
• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
• 11 paid holidays
• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time with or without notice subject to applicable law.

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