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ABOUT ELEMYNT
Elemynt builds secure AI infrastructure for scientific and engineering R&D teams. Our platform helps organizations connect data, models, compute, and expert workflows in environments where reliability, traceability, and data control matter.
We are building a small, ambitious engineering team across Singapore and the United States to turn advanced scientific computing into production software that real technical teams can use.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Elemynt’s platform turns scientific and engineering data into reusable assets for analysis, model training, and automated workflows.
This role owns the data and AI engineering foundation that makes those systems reliable, scalable, and measurable. You will define core patterns for data modeling, training pipelines, evaluation systems, and intelligent workflow interfaces, then prove those patterns in production code.
This is a hands on principal role for someone who can set technical direction and still build the hardest parts themselves.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
- Architect the data foundation for large scale scientific and engineering output, keeping results clean, queryable, reusable, and ready for model training.
- Model domain specific scientific data so the same datasets can support interactive analysis, automation, and downstream machine learning workflows.
- Build scalable data processing patterns across object storage, analytical stores, and training optimized formats.
- Create machine learning data pipelines for curation, deduplication, formatting, evaluation sets, and regression tracking.
- Build and operate training and fine tuning pipelines for models used in scientific and workflow driven products.
- Develop intelligent workflow interfaces that connect user intent, structured platform capabilities and executable workflows without exposing unnecessary complexity to users.
- Own model evaluation, benchmarking, automated scoring, and quality tracking so each iteration is measurable.
- Set data and AI engineering standards for the team and turn them into code, documentation, and reusable patterns.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related engineering field, with 10 plus years building and shipping production software.
- Expert Python and a strong record of shipping systems end to end.
- Deep experience with large scale data systems, including object storage, analytical processing, training optimized formats, and production data pipelines.
- Hands on experience building data pipelines for model training, fine tuning, evaluation, and continuous improvement.
- Direct experience training or fine tuning models for structured outputs, tool use, workflow automation, or domain specific applications.
- Strong understanding of relational, document, and columnar data models, with judgment about where each belongs.
- Comfort operating in cloud, enterprise, and technical compute environments, including distributed training or large scale batch processing.
- Ability to set technical direction in ambiguous early stage environments and carry it through implementation.
NICE TO HAVE
- Experience applying machine learning to scientific data, such as property prediction, generative models, graph based methods, or simulation data.
- Experience with atomistic, materials, chemistry, or engineering data systems.
- Experience with retrieval over structured data, knowledge graphs, or hybrid search systems.
- Experience designing APIs or tool interfaces that intelligent systems can call reliably.
- Experience building complex data and machine learning workflows on production orchestrators.
- Contributions to open source machine learning, data infrastructure, or scientific computing tools.
LOCATION
Singapore or United States. Work model is on site or hybrid, depending on location.
CLOSING NOTE
You do not need to tick every box. If this is clearly your kind of work, we would like to hear from you.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in principal jobs.
- Valid state principal or administrator license or certification
- Master's degree in educational leadership, administration, or a related field
- Minimum of three to five years of classroom teaching experience
- Experience leading instructional coaching, teacher evaluations, or professional development
- Familiarity with MTSS, RTI, or school improvement planning frameworks
- Demonstrated ability to manage school budgets, staffing, and compliance reporting
Tips for Your Principal Job Search
Tailor your resume to school data
Principals are evaluated on outcomes, so your resume needs measurable results: student achievement gains, staff retention rates, or budget reductions. Generic leadership language won't stand out. Tie every bullet to a school-level outcome you directly influenced.
Highlight your licensure status upfront
Most principal postings require a state administrator license or principal certification. Put your credential, issuing state, and expiration date near the top of your resume. Hiring managers screen on this before reading anything else.
Target schools that match your turnaround experience
Districts hiring for low-performing schools want candidates who have navigated improvement plans, not just maintained stable schools. Search for postings that mention Title I, MTSS, or school improvement plans and address those terms directly in your cover letter.
Apply early to roles that fit
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Prepare a leadership philosophy for interviews
Most principal panels ask you to articulate your instructional leadership philosophy in the first round. Write a concise, concrete version before you apply. Ground it in a specific framework you have actually used, not abstract statements about believing in all students.
Negotiate start date and budget authority together
When you receive an offer, clarify both your contract start date and your discretionary budget authority before signing. Some districts offer a summer start with no additional compensation. Knowing your operational budget scope upfront prevents surprises once you are in the seat.
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Which companies are hiring the most principals?
The companies hiring the most principals right now include Northrop Grumman, CVS Health, and Raytheon, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and Massachusetts, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Charter management organizations and large urban districts tend to post the highest volume of openings year-round.
How many principal jobs are remote?
About 67% of principal openings are fully remote or hybrid as of August 2026, which is low compared to most professional roles. The sub-areas most likely to offer remote flexibility are curriculum director, virtual school principal, and district-level instructional leadership roles rather than building-level campus positions.
How do you become a principal?
Becoming a principal typically requires earning a teaching license, completing several years in the classroom, and then completing a master's program in educational leadership or administration. Most states require you to pass a principal licensure exam and complete a supervised internship. From there, candidates often move through assistant principal roles before taking on a full principalship.
Can you get hired as a principal with limited experience?
Getting hired as a principal with limited leadership experience is difficult but possible in high-need or rural districts that face persistent vacancies. Completing a formal principal residency or fellowship program, serving as a department head or instructional coach, and targeting smaller schools or Title I campuses can all help candidates with fewer years in formal leadership roles break in.
What does the principal interview process look like?
Principal interviews typically run in two or three rounds. The first round is usually a panel with district HR and school board representatives who ask behavioral and leadership philosophy questions. Finalists are often asked to complete a data analysis task, lead a mock staff meeting, or present a school improvement plan before a final offer is extended.
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