Principal, Technical Innovation

About the role

Bullhorn Labs is Bullhorn's innovation organization focused on rapidly bringing new AI-powered products and capabilities to market for the staffing industry. Operating with the speed and agility of a startup, backed by the scale and support of an established platform, Labs partners closely across Product, Engineering, AI, Architecture, Design, Customer Success, Support, and Go-To-Market teams to identify high-impact opportunities and turn them into real customer value quickly. Our model is built around rapid iteration and real-world validation. We launch products early, learn directly from customer usage and feedback, iterate aggressively, and transition successful products into sustained product and engineering teams as they scale across the broader Bullhorn platform. We are building in an AI-first world. That means embracing modern AI tooling, AI-assisted development workflows, rapid experimentation, and emerging technologies to dramatically increase both engineering velocity and customer impact. Position Overview We're looking for an Engineer to join our leadership team. You'll work closely with customers, executives, product leaders, architects, AI teams, and engineering teams across Bullhorn to help shape and build the next generation of AI-powered products for the staffing industry. This is a highly hands-on role where you'll actively code, prototype, and build products from the ground up while also helping drive technical direction and product strategy. You'll be part of a small, focused team responsible for quickly turning ideas into working products, learning from customer feedback, and evolving successful products into scalable platform investments. A typical day will include... Hands-On Development: Lead development efforts by actively writing code, prototyping quickly, and building products from the ground up. Strategic Collaboration: Partner closely with Product, AI, Architecture, and Engineering leadership to align technical execution with business goals and customer needs. Customer-Centric Solutions: Work directly with customers to understand operational challenges and translate them into impactful product capabilities. Rapid Iteration: Quickly prototype, launch, test, and refine products based on customer feedback, usage patterns, and evolving market needs. Scalable Foundations: Build products designed for fast validation and early adoption. Following product-market fit, successful solutions will transition into sustained product and engineering teams to scale across the broader Bullhorn platform. Framework Development: Create reusable frameworks, tooling, and shared patterns that improve development speed and accelerate future innovation across Labs initiatives. AI-First Engineering: Work extensively with Large Language Models (LLMs), AI-assisted development tooling, orchestration frameworks, and emerging AI technologies. Continuously evaluate and adopt new technologies that improve engineering velocity and product capabilities. Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with a small, highly collaborative Labs team while also partnering across Bullhorn Engineering, Product, AI, UX, Architecture, Support, and Go-To-Market teams. Foster Innovation: Promote a culture of experimentation, rapid learning, pragmatic problem solving, and continuous improvement. This role might be a fit if you have... Entrepreneurial Mindset: A strong desire to build, experiment, and improve products in a fast-moving environment. Hands-On Expertise: Significant experience in software development with the ability to contribute both strategically and through direct implementation. Customer Focus: Ability to deeply understand customer workflows and solve

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Bullhorn's core purpose is to create an incredible customer experience, and the organization has a sharp focus on delivering very high quality products and services to its customers. The company culture is shaped by five Core Values: Ownership, Energy, Speed & Agility, Service, and Being Human. Each value, and its underlying definition, serves as a behavioral guide for employees as they interact with customers and fellow coworkers and is an embedded way of operating across our organization. Bullhorn is a fast-paced and dynamic environment where hard work and outstanding results are rewarded and celebrated. We value those that exhibit an eagerness to learn and a strong natural desire for continuous improvement and we encourage team members to stretch themselves, acknowledge challenges and learn from them. With a strong focus on growth, we provide ample opportunities for career development and prioritize promoting from within. We believe that leaders should care deeply about the development of their employees at all levels, emphasizing emotional intelligence and accountability. Our leaders collaborate closely to ensure the success of their teams, and we work together to achieve shared goals, creating a challenging and rewarding workplace for everyone.

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