AI Engineer - Demand Science Portfolio

Join Conagra Brands as an AI Engineer - Demand Science Portfolio. Reporting to the Director of Information Technology, you will orchestrate AI solutions, develop applications, and explore emerging technologies to create best‑in‑class experiences on Conagra platforms. This hybrid role offers an exciting opportunity to collaborate across IT and business teams while driving innovation in consumer demand, marketing strategy, and product development.

• Deliver agentic AI solutions by turning business use cases and POCs into end‑user products and orchestrating AI workflows.
• Develop high‑quality software with internal and external teams to deliver product features and stories.
• Help determine product prioritization and technology roadmaps with development vendor and integration resources.
• Contribute to solution paths for both technical and business problems.
• Partner with IT and the business to support agile application development, Dev Ops with short‑cycle iterations, and continuous delivery.
• Participate in all Agile ceremonies, including planning, pointing, demos, and retrospectives.
• Prioritize unit tests, both manual and automated, to ensure the highest code quality.
• Contribute to the delivery pipeline using CI/CD best practices.
• Collaborate on technical blueprints and designs to develop specific features and stories.
• Define enabling features to achieve a product’s architectural roadmaps and support the product manager in defining non‑functional requirements.
• Develop system integrations following established application integration architecture framework and standards.
• Work with Business Analysts and QA to ensure requirements are deliverable and testable.

• BS/BA or greater in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 2+ years of relevant software development experience with Visual Studio, C#, Windows, MSSQL, backend data loads, and JavaScript.
• Experience working in a .NET enterprise environment and a proficient understanding of OOP/SOLID principles.
• Familiarity with agentic AI concepts (orchestration, observability, judging, MCP protocol, A2A).
• Experience with ML/Gen AI capabilities, LLMs, vector stores, text‑to‑speech, etc.
• Experience working in an environment with big data (Databricks / Snowflake, data warehousing).
• Experience using Git and Azure Dev Ops, and understanding of branch or trunk‑based development.
• Experience using CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (Azure preferred), Kubernetes, IaC, and Terraform a plus.
• Experience with cloud engineering concepts (serverless development, infrastructure as code, distributed computing).
• Versed in Agile, Continuous Delivery, and Dev Ops methodologies.
• Experience with various unit testing frameworks.
• Demonstrated individual and team success using agile methodologies to deliver.
• Ability to work 3 days per week onsite (Tues, Wed & Thurs).

Pay Range: $72,500 – $107,000

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee’s actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees’ equity. Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

• Health:
  Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement.
• Wealth:
  Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan.
• Growth:
  Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on‑demand learning, and tuition reimbursement.
• Balance:
  Paid‑time off, parental leave, flexible work schedules (subject to location and role) and volunteer opportunities.

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized, and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We’re in the business of building champions – within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye®, Slim Jim® and Reddi‑Wip®.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food; it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve, and the health of our planet.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.