Applied AI Engineer

WS Development

$100K — $130K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field.
  • 3+ years building and deploying software, data, or AI/ML solutions in production environments.
  • Strong Python skills with API integration experience.
  • Hands-on experience with modern LLMs and AI frameworks.
  • Experience implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) patterns.
  • Experience in designing multi-step workflows and orchestration logic.
  • Fluency with AI coding assistants to enhance development.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build end-to-end AI solutions with clear success metrics.
  • Partner with various departments to identify inefficiencies for AI use cases.
  • Deploy agentic systems for business workflows with integrations and guardrails.
  • Develop internal AI applications for business teams that enhance functionality.
  • Build robust evaluation and observability into AI systems in production.
  • Contribute to governance frameworks for responsible AI use.
  • Communicate AI system concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

Benefits

  • Autonomy and visibility to senior leadership.
  • Opportunity to have a measurable impact on the organization.
  • Access to resources and support for effective execution of projects.
  • Participation in shaping the culture and architecture of the Data & Analytics team.
  • Commitment to building AI solutions with sustainability in mind.
Full Job Description
What You'll Do
  • Design and build AI solutions end-to-end from discovery and scoping through production deployment and iteration with clear success metrics tied to real business outcomes.
  • Partner closely with stakeholders across leasing, finance, operations, development, legal, and other departments to identify inefficiencies and translate them into concrete AI and automation use cases.
  • Design and deploy agentic systems for business workflows, including orchestration logic, tool and API integrations, retrieval patterns (RAG), guardrails, and human-in-the-loop flows.
  • Develop internal AI applications that put new capabilities directly in the hands of business teams tools that people actually use, and that change how they work.
  • Build robust evaluation and observability into AI systems, ensuring they stay reliable and performant in production across quality, latency, and cost dimensions.
  • Help WS scale AI responsibly on proprietary data by contributing to governance frameworks, guardrails, and responsible use practices.
  • Communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences, making AI systems understandable, trustworthy, and well-used across the organization.
  • Create reusable patterns, templates, and shared infrastructure that enable business units to prototype safely and accelerate AI adoption company wide.
Why This Role

This isn't an AI role where you're maintaining pipelines or building proofs-of-concept that never ship. You'll be doing real applied AI work building systems that handle real data, serve real users, and solve problems that matter to a sophisticated organization. You'll have autonomy, visibility to senior leadership, and the satisfaction of seeing your work make a measurable difference.

You'll also be joining at the right moment. WS is a company with deep roots and a serious commitment to doing this right, not just fast. The Data & Analytics team is early-stage enough that your contributions will shape the culture and architecture and established enough that you'll have the resources and organizational support to actually execute. It's a rare combination.

If you want to do the best work of your career at a company that values craft, takes a long view, and is genuinely committed to using AI to build something exceptional we'd love to hear from you.

Requirements
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field or equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years building and deploying software, data, or AI/ML solutions in production environments.
  • Strong Python skills and comfort integrating APIs and external services.
  • Hands-on experience using modern LLMs and AI frameworks (e.g., Anthropic, OpenAI, LangGraph, or similar) to build production applications.
  • Experience implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) patterns.
  • Experience designing and deploying agentic architectures, including multi-step workflows, tool use, and orchestration logic.
  • Experience with evaluation pipelines, observability tooling, and feedback loops to measure AI system quality and performance.
  • Comfort working with enterprise data realities: permissions, sensitive data, messy inputs, and governance requirements.
  • Fluency with AI coding assistants (e.g., Claude Code) to accelerate development and build more effective solutions.
  • A builder's mindset: you're energized by hard problems, comfortable with ambiguity, and genuinely excited about what's possible in this field.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder partnership skills - you know how to work directly with non-technical business teams, scope problems well, and deliver solutions that land.

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