Principal Software Engineer

Uniti AI — New York City Metropolitan Area (Hybrid)
Uniti AI is a New York City–based pre-Series A startup building advanced AI sales and support agents for the real estate industry. As a Principal Software Engineer at Uniti AI you will set the technical direction and lead the development of our core platform spanning real-time communication automation and large-scale AI-driven workflows. You'll architect and deliver high-impact systems guide engineering best practices and collaborate closely with product AI and go-to-market teams to ensure our technology consistently delivers measurable value. Your work will shape a reliable scalable foundation that supports rapid growth drives customer adoption and accelerates the long-term success of our AI agents.

Responsibilities
This role entails playing a critical role in the development of our AI-powered lead and customer management product.
- Own and lead the design development and deployment of major product features across our AI-driven lead management stack.
- Make key technical decisions on architecture infrastructure and scaling.
- Drive rapid iteration and experimentation: ship fast learn fast and iterate.
- Collaborate directly with founders to shape product direction and technical strategy.
- Debug and solve problems across the stack no "not my job" mentality.
- Set the engineering bar: code quality testing reviews and best practices.
- Build and manage strong working relationships with technical counterparts. Mentor and share knowledge with peers creating a positive atmosphere amongst the team.
- Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback while quickly actioning feedback from code reviews conducted of your code.
- Influence decision-making through presentation of data-centric business topics.
Minimum Qualifications
- 7-12 years experience as a software engineer building and shipping production quality code
- Experience with open source languages such as Python and TypeScript
- Experience with writing and shipping reliable scalable and efficient code with an emphasis on long-term maintainability in partnership with all appropriate reviewers in manageable pieces with relevant documentation and test plans
- Experience with software design and architecture
- Experience with AI coding tools like Cursor and Claude Code
- Role is flexible/hybrid
- Fluency in English is required

Preferred Qualifications
- Experience writing code in Python
- Experience writing code in React.js
- Experience with AWS technologies
- Client/partner-facing and/or experience communicating to an audience
- Experience working in highly collaborative environments
- Experience working on multi-person code bases including open source or personal projects
- Experience contributing to developer and platform documentation
What We Offer
- Competitive salary with equity options
- Medical Dental and Vision premiums covered at 100%
- Snacks a generous tech budget unlimited vacation and company outings

What We Do

Uniti AI is the AI-powered lead engagement and conversion platform used by real estate businesses. Our platform consolidates features like instant engagement AI qualification smart routing automated follow-ups and re-engagement campaigns to streamline lead management and improve conversions. We are revolutionizing how real estate operators engage leads replacing slow manual follow-ups with instant AI-driven interactions that convert more leads faster. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are excited about selling cutting-edge AI technology to real estate businesses Uniti AI is the place for you!

Why Work With Us

Ground-floor opportunity – help shape the sales motion at a high-growth AI startup Competitive salary + commission – earn based on your impact Stock options – own part of the company’s success Healthcare benefits – comprehensive medical dental and vision Unlimited PTO – we believe in work-life balance Office in NYC’s startup hub – work alongside