Principal Software Engineer

Crossing Hurdles is a global recruitment consultancy assisting one of Europe’s leading software investors’ AI product incubators in hiring a Principal Software Engineer to build and scale real-world AI products used by thousands of customers worldwide.

This team operates like a serial startup engine — launching revenue-generating AI products inside established B2B businesses, combining startup ownership with enterprise scale.

Required Experience

• 10–15 years full-stack engineering experience
• Built customer-facing products from 0→1
• Startup / founding-team or early-stage environment experience
• Experience building B2B SaaS applications
• Hands-on AI/ML product experience (LLMs, agentic systems)
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science or related field
• Comfortable working with C-suite stakeholders
• Proven ability to mentor and lead engineers

What You’ll Do

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