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Come and see whywe’re consistently recognized by Gartner, Forrester and IDC as a category leader in the marketplace.Learn more atflexera.com\nWe are building a new model for software engineering: a small, highly autonomous engineering team that combines experienced technical leadership, talented developers, and AI coding agents to deliver high-quality software with exceptional speed.\nWe are looking for a hands-on Principal Engineer & AI Technical Lead to establish and lead this team. You will be responsible for technical direction, architecture, engineering quality, and delivery outcomes while actively developing software alongside two supporting engineers and AI tools such as Claude Code and OpenAI Codex.\nThis is not a traditional engineering management position. You will remain deeply involved in design, implementation, code review, debugging, and production delivery. 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production systems, customer data, and other sensitive resources\nPrevent shortcuts that create unacceptable security, reliability, compliance, or maintainability risks\nMake quality controls increasingly automated so that a small team can move quickly without relying on manual inspection for every routine check\nTeam Development and Enablement\nLead by example through hands-on engineering, thoughtful technical decisions, and disciplined execution\nMentor two supporting engineers through pairing, code reviews, design discussions, and progressively more challenging assignments\nBuild a culture of ownership, experimentation, direct communication, accountability, and continuous learning\nHelp engineers develop the judgment to direct AI agents, validate their work, and solve problems independently\nAvoid becoming a bottleneck by delegating meaningful ownership and creating reusable patterns and automated guardrails\nShare successful AI engineering practices with the broader engineering 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Qualified applicants will be considered for open roles regardless of age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local/national laws, policies and/or regulations.\nFlexera understands the value that results from employing a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce. We recognize that equity necessitates acknowledging past exclusion and that inclusion requires intentional effort. 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