The AI Engineer I is responsible for building, testing, and maintaining components of AI-powered software applications under the guidance of senior engineers. As part of the AI & Analytics Innovation Team, this role will work together with engineers and data scientists to implement well-defined features of LLM-based applications that drive operational outcomes for internal teams as well as customers. The AI Engineer I will develop application code, integrate AI model APIs, support data preparation, and build the engineering fundamentals required for production-quality AI systems.
RESPONSIBILITIES, other duties may be assigned.
Implement well-defined features of AI-powered applications based on designs and specifications from senior engineers
Integrate LLM APIs into applications, including prompt templates, structured outputs, and basic tool / function calling
Build and maintain components of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines: data ingestion, parsing, chunking, embedding generation, and basic retrieval
Assist with data preparation and pipelines (cleaning, transformation, ingestion) to support AI / Analytics systems
Write unit tests and run evaluation scripts to measure output quality, latency, and accuracy of AI features
Support deployment and monitoring of services: containerization, logging, metrics, and alert investigation on owned components
Work collaboratively as part of a distributed, fast paced team
Participate fully in code review, version control, sprint ceremonies, and documentation
Assist with maintaining deployed API based systems and infrastructure
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
0-2 years of hands-on experience in software development (internships and substantial academic or personal AI projects count) OR BS degree in computer science or equivalent
Demonstrated record of work ethic, team collaboration, accountability, and holding yourself and your team to higher standards
Experience with Python application development
Software engineering foundations: comfortable with Git / version control, writing clean and readable code, basic data structures and algorithms, debugging, and working in the terminal / command line
Understanding of how the web works at a basic level: HTTP / REST APIs and JSON
Hands-on exposure to LLM APIs and prompt engineering through projects, coursework, or professional work
Basic understanding of how LLMs work in practice: tokens, @context windows, and how they affect cost and behavior
Working knowledge of SQL
Strong verbal / written communication skills
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Familiarity with embeddings and vector search, and at least one vector database (e.g., pgvector, Pinecone, Chroma, Qdrant)
Familiarity with an LLM orchestration framework (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex, LangGraph)
Exposure to cloud-based application development (AWS / Azure) and containerization (Docker)
Familiarity with an AI evaluation framework or LLM-as-a-judge concepts
Awareness of open-source / locally run models and tooling (e.g., Hugging Face, Ollama)
A portfolio of shipped AI projects or open-source contributions
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