Senior AI Applied Engineer (fmd)
Senior AI Applied Engineer (fmd)
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About the Opportunity
Contentful is looking for a Senior Applied AI Engineer to deliver high-impact AI-powered solutions that improve efficiency reduce manual work and unlock new capabilities across the business. This is a hands-on role for someone who thrives on solving operational challenges using modern AI technologies.
You will work closely with internal stakeholders to identify opportunities where AI can streamline workflows enable automation or enhance decision-making. Whether its building custom tools integrating AI into existing systems or prototyping new applications your work will help teams across the company operate more effectively and innovate faster.
This is a builder role for someone who combines engineering skills curiosity and a passion for applied AI. Youll be part of the team responsible for turning ideas
What to expect
- Design and implement AI-powered tools and workflows that automate repetitive tasks improve accuracy and expand team capacity.
- Write code and build internal solutions that leverage LLMs and agentic frameworks to address specific business challenges.
- Collaborate with teams across the business to understand needs define requirements and co-develop scalable solutions.
- Research and assess AI tools and platforms (e.g. OpenAI Claude Google Vertex AI) ensuring alignment with company standards around privacy security and usability.
- Rapidly prototype and test new AI-powered use cases with internal stakeholders iterating based on feedback.
- Act as a subject matter expert on applied AI educating teams on capabilities tools and responsible use.
- Monitor the performance and adoption of AI-powered tools and continuously improve them based on data and user feedback.
What you need to be successful
Critical:
- Professional Background: 7 years of experience in software engineering with a focus on building and maintaining internal-facing software.
- Software Engineering Skills: Proven track record of developing in Python or JavaScript/Typescript with working knowledge of the other.
- Automation Experience: Hands-on experience creating automation workflows scripting lightweight data pipelines or using low-code platforms.
- Collaboration: Evidence of partnering with cross-functional stakeholders with the ability to translate technical solutions into business impact (e.g. presenting to non-technical teams).
- High-Impact Engineering: Demonstrated ability to design and launch software that integrates multiple tools improves workflows automates processes and delivers measurable outcomes (e.g. productivity gains time savings or adoption metrics).
Desirable:
- Applied AI Skills: Practical experience with integrating OpenAI Claude or Google Vertex AI into workflows and automation either through prompt engineering fine-tuning or implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation.
- Data Processing: Experience working with text processing NLP frameworks or unstructured data pipelines (e.g. NLTK spaCy Hugging Face).
- Policy & Standards Implementation: Demonstrated involvement in aligning technical solutions with AI policy or internal governance standards (e.g. drafting model usage guidelines running risk assessments or contributing to responsible AI initiatives).
- Security & Compliance: Experience working with security teams to ensure AI-powered tools meet organizational security privacy and compliance requirements (e.g. access controls secure deployment reviews or data handling policies).
- Domain Experience: Background in building tools or systems for B2B SaaS or enterprise environments.
- Experimentation & Prototyping: Evidence of rapidly prototyping and iterating on tools or workflows with examples of evolving prototypes into production-ready solutions.
Whats in it for you
- Join an ambitious tech company reshaping the way people build digital experiences
- Full-time employees receive Stock Options for the opportunity to share in the success of our company
- Fertility and family building benefits including a lifetime reimbursable wallet to support your growing family.
- We value Work-Life balance and You Time! A generous amount of paid time off including vacation days sick days education days compassion days for loss and volunteer days
- Time off to care for and focus on your growing family
- Use your personal annual education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career
- Enjoy a full range of virtual and in-person events including workshops guest speakers and fun team activities supporting learning and networking exchange beyond the usual work duties
- An annual wellbeing stipend to care for your physical financial or emotional health
- A monthly communication phone/internet stipend and phone hardware upgrade reimbursement.
- New hire office equipment stipend for hybrid or distributed employees. Get the gear you need to work at your best.
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Who are we
Contentful is a leading digital experience platform that helps modern businesses meet the growing demand for engaging personalized content at scale. By blending composability with native AI capabilities Contentful enables dynamic personalization automated content delivery and real-time experimentation powering next-generation digital experiences across brands regions and channels for more than 4200 organizations worldwide. More than 700 people from more than 70 nations contribute their energy and creativity to Contentful working from hubs in Berlin Denver San Francisco London New York and distributed worldwide.
Everyone is welcome here!
Everyone is welcome here is a celebrated component of our culture. At Contentful we strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our employees. We believe that our products and services benefit from our diverse backgrounds and experiences and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color national origin religion sexual orientation gender gender identity age physical disability or length of time spent unemployed. We invite you to apply and join us!
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
