Software Engineer III - AI Platforms & Retail Systems

Overview The Staff Software Engineer designs, builds, and deploys production-grade AI and software systems that support retail store operations, associate productivity, and customer experience.

This role operates at the intersection of software engineering, data, and AI, partnering with Product and Business teams to translate requirements into scalable, reliable, and high-impact solutions, working to achieve operational targets with significant impact on departmental results.

This position reports into our Store Support Office in Phoenix, AZ. Hybrid schedule, in office Tuesday - Thursday. Overview of Responsibilities AI Solution Development Design, build, and deploy AI/ML and Generative AI solutions

Translate business problems into scalable technical implementations

Build reusable components:

APIsAI services

Modular frameworks

Develop POCs and prototypes to validate new approaches

Model Engineering & MLOpsImplement MLOps best practices:

CI/CD for models

Monitoring and retraining

Versioning

Build pipelines for:

Training Evaluation Deployment Monitor :

Model performance

Drift Reliability Data  & Platform Integration Integrate AI services into enterprise systems and workflows

Partner with data teams to ensure high-quality data pipelines

Optimize systems for:

Performance Scalability Cost Implement :

RAG architectures

Vector database integrations

Product & Business Partnership Partner with Product and Business teams to:

Understand requirements,  Refine problem statements

Deliver effective solutions, explaining and ensuring understanding of facts, policies and practices.  Ensure solutions align with:

Business goals

Customer needs

Operational constraints

Production Support & Operational Excellence (Build + Run)
Build systems that are production-ready and supportable, if necessary, conduct detailed analysis, investigation and modify processes to solve problems.

Participate in:

Incident management

Root cause analysis

System improvements

Ensure strong:

Logging Monitoring Observability Engineering  Excellence Follow best practices in:

Code quality

Testing Dev Ops Contribute  to:

Design reviews

Engineering standards

Documentation Qualifications Knowledge  Skills & Abilities8+ years of experience in software engineering or  2 years in AI/MLStrong proficiency in:

PythonML frameworks (PyTorch, Tensor Flow, scikit-learn)

Experience with :

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
APIs and distributed systems

Data pipelines

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with :

MLOps tools (MLflow, Kubeflow, Sage Maker)
LLMs / GenAI / NLPReal-time inference systems

Core Competencies Communication Customer  Focus Driving for Results Positive Approach Benefits In  addition to a rewarding career, Sprouts offers a comprehensive program to help support you and your family. These programs include:

Competitive paySick time plan that you can use to support you or your immediate families health

Vacation accrual plan Opportunities for career growth
15% discount for you and one other family member in your household on all purchases made at Sprouts Flexible schedules

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)401(K) Retirement savings plan with a generous company match

Company paid life insurance

Contests and appreciation events throughout the year full of prizes, food and fun!

Eligibility requirements may apply for the following benefits:

Bonus based on company and/or individual performance

Affordable benefit coverage, including medical, dental and vision

Health Savings Account with company match

Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care Company paid short-term disability coverage

Paid parental leave for both mothers and fathers

Paid holidays

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