AI Engineer

Essential Job Functions

• Take point on technical development & exploration for a small number of high-value clearly scoped AI use cases (POC mode)
• Partner with other engineering teams to turn successful POCs into enterprise-scale production-ready solutions (builder mode)
• Work with technical leadership to shape our data & software architecture to work well with both developers and agents/models
• Drive converging key standards with technical strategy to develop an AI platform approach to manage observability testing/evaluations authn/authz for model plugins & tools cost management and flexible model adoption
• Work with business teams on vendor evaluations and new project rollouts
  • Advising on necessary technical guardrails
  • Opening the black box of vendor implementations
  • Identifying where commoditized tools can replace higher-cost custom offerings from vendors to reduce lock-in or cost
• Work with technical teams on structured adoption of AI workflow enhancements e.g. working with platform teams on adding standardized development copilots that speed up development & review cycles while minimizing slop
• Other duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements

• Job may require extended sitting or standing use of standard office equipment.
• Job requires the ability to use vision adjust focus and work on a standard computer screen.
• Use of audio-visual equipment is required.

Education & Experience

• High School degree required
• BS degree in Information Technology Computer Science related technical field or equivalent practical experience.

Other Skills and Abilities

• 3 years programming in a team context
• Strong understanding of data/backend fundamentals around compute storage and streaming
• Comfort with front-end development
• Hands-on experience using AI tools in your developer workflow
• Hands-on experience with managing & deploying cloud resources
• Comfortable presenting to other developers & engineers in a group context Ideal:
• Ideal:
  • Strong experience with repeatable deployment & development patterns using IAC Docker etc
  • Experience implementing ML or optimization projects
  • Hands-on experience implementing LLM-based tools in a business context

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES

• Professional certification may be required in some cases

WHY SHOULD YOU WORK FOR CRANE

At Crane we believe in providing our employees with excellent benefits at a Great Place to Work.

We offer:

• Quarterly Incentive Plan
• 136 hours of Paid Time Off which equals 17 days for the year that can be used for Sick Time or for Personal Use
• Excellent Medical Dental and Vision benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement for education related to your job
• Employee Referral Bonuses
• Employee Recognition and Rewards Program
• Paid Volunteer Time to support a cause that is close to your heart and contributes to our communities
• Employee Discounts
• Wellness Incentives that can go up to $100 per year for completing challenges in addition to a discount on contribution rates

Come join the leader in logistics and take your career in the right direction.

Disclaimer:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time as needed.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

This position requires the final candidate to successfully pass an E-Verify Check.

More Information: benefits are contingent upon meeting eligibility requirements and plan conditions.

Required Experience:

IC