Early Career Consult Program - Associate AI Engineer

## Early Career Consult Program
- Associate AI Engineer Apply remote type:
Partially Remote locations:
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- Dallas Frisco AI HUB (FRI) time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R-66739
** Who We Are
** At Kyndryl, we design, build, manage and modernize the mission-critical technology systems that the world depends on every day. So why work at Kyndryl? We are always moving forward – always pushing ourselves to go further in our efforts to build a more equitable, inclusive world for our employees, our customers and our communities.
** The Role
**** Your role
** The Associate AI Engineer is an entry-level technical role supporting the design, development, deployment, and optimization of artificial intelligence, machine learning, analytics, and data-driven solutions. Working alongside experienced AI Engineers, Data Engineers, Data Scientists, Solution Architects, and business stakeholders, you will develop foundational skills in modern AI technologies, cloud platforms, software engineering, data engineering, analytics, and responsible AI practices.

Join Kyndryl and gain the trust, autonomy and teamwork to help define what comes next.

** This role offers two areas of specialization within a common AI Engineering career framework:
**** AI Engineering Path
** Build, test, and deploy AI-powered applications, generative AI solutions, intelligent agents, and machine learning capabilities that help solve business challenges and improve user experiences.
** Data Engineering & Analytics Path
** Prepare, manage, and optimize the data foundations that power AI, machine learning, analytics, and business intelligence solutions.

Candidates may begin in one focus area but will gain exposure to both disciplines as they develop their careers.
** What You'll Do
**** Core Responsibilities (All Associates)
*** Collaborate with technical teams and business stakeholders to understand requirements and support AI-enabled business outcomes.
* Contribute to the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of AI and data solutions.
* Participate in agile development practices, code reviews, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement activities.
* Document technical solutions, data sources, workflows, assumptions, and operational procedures.
* Apply security, governance, privacy, compliance, and responsible AI standards in all work.
* Build expertise in modern cloud, AI, and data technologies through hands-on learning and project experience.
** AI Engineering Focus
*** Support the development of AI, machine learning, and generative AI applications.
* Assist in building intelligent agents, conversational experiences, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) solutions, and AI-assisted workflows.
* Develop and maintain application components, APIs, integrations, and automation capabilities.
* Help evaluate model performance, response quality, scalability, and user experience.
* Participate in testing, monitoring, and optimization of AI solutions.
* Learn modern AI frameworks, cloud AI services, and software engineering practices.
** Data Engineering & Analytics Focus
*** Collect, cleanse, transform, validate, and prepare structured and unstructured data for AI and analytics solutions.
* Use SQL, Python, and approved platform tools to query, manipulate, and analyze data.
* Assist with exploratory data analysis to identify patterns, trends, insights, and data quality issues.
* Support the creation of data workflows, reusable scripts, data pipelines, and data preparation processes.
* Help prepare training data, features, and evaluation datasets for machine learning and AI initiatives.
* Contribute to data governance, quality, lineage, and operational excellence practices.

Kyndryl currently does not require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, however, if you are hired to work at a client, customer, or partner location, you may be required to show proof of vaccination to align with their respective COVID-19 vaccination policies.  Those who believe they are eligible may apply for a medical or religious accommodation prior to the start of employment.
** Who You Are
**** Required skills and experience
*** Bachelor's degree in…