AI Software Engineer

AI Software Engineer – EdPlus Solutions Engineering

Arizona State University seeks an AI Software Engineer to join the EdPlus Solutions Engineering team in Scottsdale, Arizona. This is a full-time, on-site role. Salary is DOE range $85,000 - $95,000 per year.

• Design and develop robust, scalable AI-based solutions that integrate with our existing systems and infrastructure.
• Conduct technical discussions with team members to understand product scope.
• Maintain technical currency and take advantage of professional development opportunities.
• Guide effective documentation and communication of engineering processes to EdPlus engineers, student engineers, and contractors.
• Identify and troubleshoot errors and/or problems with web-based/chrome extension-based applications.
• Work on a collaborative, fast-paced team and with other experts across other disciplines.
• Mentor and oversee work produced by junior engineers, student developers, and contractors.
• Stay current with AI trends and implement improvements to existing systems and workflows.
• Contribute to the larger IT community across the University.
• Perform other duties or projects as assigned or directed.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field.
• At least 4 years hands-on software development experience.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with cross-functional teams about various engineering topics such as system architecture, detailed design, APIs, etc.
• Experience working with serverless frameworks, API Gateway, and Lambda.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and AWS CDK are nice to have.
• Experience in Java script/Type Script (preferred), HTML5, CSS3 and NodeJS.
• Strong experience with component-driven frameworks such as VueJS or React
  
  JS.
• Demonstrated understanding of both front-end and back-end web technologies: HTTP(S), XML, JSON, JSONP, AJAX, REST APIs, and Graph
  
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• Experience developing applications that build AI APIs into smart agents with multimodal capabilities is a nice to have.
• Experience designing, developing, and deploying Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) models using vector databases, including strategies for embedding, chunking, and indexing to build domain-specific chatbots is nice to have.
• Demonstrated understanding of software development lifecycle and standard methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate thoughtfully, using problem-solving skills and to build positive working relationships with cross-functional teams.
• Experience developing resilient foundations for collecting, storing, modeling, and analyzing massive data sets from multiple sources.
• Demonstrated ability to complete projects with minimal supervision and direction.
• Demonstrated skills with various development methodologies and the ability to adapt these to the needs of an organization using Agile processes.
• Demonstrated passion for understanding the user and a strong communicator of the user's perspective in building the best solutions for the most meaningful problems.
• Demonstrated flexibility to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, adapt to changing requirements, and learn new technologies as needed.

Applicant must be eligible to work in the United States. EdPlus at ASU will not be a sponsor for this position.

This position requires reliable commute to Scottsdale, AZ three days a week. This is not a fully remote position.

• Healthcare
• Financial Security
• Retirement
• Family Resources
• Tuition Reduction (Eligible ASU Employee, their dependents and spouse.)
• Discounts

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.