AI Engineer III

JOB SUMMARY

Job Profile Summary
The ONEOK Data Science team creates intelligent cloud-native solutions that drive value-added decision-making processes. As part of the team you will implement these solutions primarily using a combination of artificial intelligence machine learning and numerical optimization.

Expect a fast pace high levels of autonomy a hands-on approach with our business partners perpetual learning and a high ceiling for personal growth. Come with strong opinions loosely held.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Production AI systems: Develop deploy and maintain AI systems including agents harnesses tools and evaluation pipelines. Accountable for reliability latency cost and accuracy.

• Advanced algorithms: Develop numerical optimization forecasting computer vision machine learning and anomaly detection capabilities in cases where off-the-shelf AI does not meet the operational requirement.

• Cloud Development: Develop and implement cloud-based infrastructure to host and run AI and ML models.

• Tooling and prompts: Design tune and evaluate purpose-built tools function calls and prompt templates.

• User experience: Develop custom user interfaces for AI workflows designed from user requirements.

• Security and IT partnership: Ensure AI systems meet ONEOK IT and security standards as they are transitioned to production.

Education

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Management Information Systems Engineering Accounting Finance Business Administration or other related field with specific job-related experience as follows:

Required Experience

• Minimum 5 years of software engineering experience including demonstrated experience shipping and maintaining AI/ML systems in production environments

• Extensive experience with LLM-based systems including agent frameworks tool use evaluations prompt engineering and retrieval.

• Strong Python engineering skills with familiarity in at least one of: optimization forecasting or computer vision.

• Experience designing APIs SDKs or frameworks consumed by other engineers.

• Proven track record deploying and managing systems in production including monitoring incident response and cost management.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Skills in: Technical Skills: Strong proficiency in data analysis tools and programming languages (e.g. Python R SQL). Experience with modern data platforms and technologies (e.g. Spark Databricks Snowflake) is a plus.

• Skills in: Strong proficiency in Large Language Models (LLMs) ecosystem including agentic coding AI harnesses model APIs and third-party providers such as Anthropic AWS Bedrock and OpenAI.

• Skills in: Cloud: Proficient in cloud platforms including IaaS and PaaS (e.g. AWS Azure Terraform) with experience deploying and managing data solutions in cloud environments.

• Skills in: Software development lifecycle (SDLC) and continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD) pipelines code repos branching strategies (ADO GitHub GitLab)

• Skills in: relational database design including table structures indexes and primary/foreign key fields.

• Skills in: use and function of office equipment including computers and applicable software.

• Skills in: presenting solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences

• Skills in: interacting advising and communicating effectively.

• Skills in: developing solutions to complicated issues using abstract thinking in new or complex situations.

• Skills in: managing and prioritizing multiple assignments with competing deadlines.

• Skills in: reading and interpreting correspondence reports production statistics cost analyses contracts accounting statements income statements ledgers manuals and legal documents.

• Ability to: develop information conduct meetings and present information to individuals and groups.

• Ability to: apply math algebra statistical and volumetric methods.

• Ability to: be self-motivated and self-directed.

• Ability to: influence and facilitate discussions across a wide range of teams and technologies.

• Ability to: mentor less experienced personnel on complex technologies.

Licenses and Certifications

• None required

• Relevant certifications (e.g. cloud platforms data science machine learning or data engineering) preferred

Strength Factor Rating - Physical Demands/Requirements

• Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift carry push pull or otherwise move objects including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Strength Factor Description - Physical Demands/Requirements

• Standing: Remaining on ones feet in an upright position at a work station without moving about (Occasionally)

• Walking: Moving about on foot (Frequently)

• Sitting: Remaining in a seated position (Constantly)

• Lifting: Raising or lowering an object from one level to another (includes upward pulling) (Occasionally)

• Carrying: Transporting an object usually holding it in the hands or arms or on the shoulder (Occasionally)

• Pushing: Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves away from the force (Occasionally)

• Pulling: Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves toward the force (includes jerking) (Occasionally)

• Climbing: Ladders Stairs (Occasionally)

• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling (Occasionally)

• Stooping: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist (Occasionally)

• Kneeling: Bending the legs at the knees to come to rest on the knee or knees (Occasionally)

• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the legs and spine (Occasionally)

• Crawling: Moving about on the hands and arms in any direction (Occasionally)

• Reaching: Extending hands and arms in any direction (Constantly)

• Handling: Seizing holding grasping turning or otherwise working with the hand or hands (Manual Dexterity) (Constantly)

• Fingering: Picking pinching or otherwise working with the fingers primarily (Finger Dexterity) (Constantly)

• Feeling: Perceiving such attributes of objects/materials as size shape temperature texture movement or pulsation by receptors in the skin particularly those of the finger tips (Constantly)

• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas/information by means of the spoken word (Frequently)

• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sound by the ear (Frequently)

• Tasting/Smelling: (Occasionally)

• Near Vision: Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less (Constantly)

• Far Vision: Clarity of vision at 20 feet for more (Frequently)

• Depth Perception: Three-dimensional vision; ability to judge distances and spatial relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are (Frequently)

• Vision: Color - The ability to identify and distinguish colors (Constantly)

Working Conditions/Environment

• Employee is subject to inside environmental conditions

Working Conditions

• Well lighted climate controlled areas (Constantly)

• Frequent repetitive motion (Constantly)

• CRT (Computer Monitor(s)) (Constantly)

Travel

• Ability to travel to support IT infrastructure initiatives project implementations or collaboration across business locations as needed

Driving

• Based on assigned tasks employee may be assigned a company vehicle requiring the applicable drivers license

ONEOK is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color sex pregnancy sexual orientation age religion creed national origin gender identity disability military/veteran status genetic information or any other categories protected by applicable law.

The job description is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities duties or skills required for the job and is subject to review and change at any time with or without notice in accordance with the needs of ONEOK.

ONEOK is committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations upon request for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process. To request an accommodation email or call 1-.

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