AI Engineer

Responsibilities

• Building AI that matters - prototyping and developing AI driven and intelligent agent solutions that directly support grid reliability and smarter decision-making.
• Experimenting at the edge of what’s next, testing emerging tools, frameworks, and APIs (like OpenAI and Vertex AI), and helping to shape recommendations for how AI is used across MISO.
• Turning ideas into reality by collaborating in fast-paced ideation sessions to create prototypes, minimum viable products (MVPs), and scalable solutions that move from concept to production.
• Growing MISO as an AI leader, staying current on the latest advancements in AI and sharing insights with teammates and stakeholders, influencing how emerging technologies are adopted across the organization.
• Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of data scientists, data engineers, and software engineers to produce AI solutions, helping bring emerging technologies into a mission-critical energy environment.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Data Analytics or related field.
• Proficiency with AI coding assistants (Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code) for real-time prototyping from natural language inputs.
• Hands-on experience working with prompt engineering - building Retrieval-Augmented Generations (RAG) pipelines or experimenting with agent frameworks.
• Strong programming skills in Python and R (including libraries like scikit-learn, PyTorch, or TensorFlow for machine learning development).
• Hands-on experience developing and building scalable APIs (REST; gRPC).
• Experience integrating AI/LLM tools such as OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, or Anthropic APIs into applications.
• Familiarity with version control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, and deploying applications in containerized environments (Docker; Kubernetes awareness).

Qualifications

• Appropriate level will be determined based upon experience and knowledge.

Skills

• Transformative innovation is happening in the electric industry, from digitalizing homes and distributed resources to renewable energy and an ever-changing grid.
• MISO manages the electricity superhighway in the Central U.S. and through use of groundbreaking research and advanced technology, our highly skilled employees ensure power flows reliably to 45 million Americans.
• Operating the electricity grid, running a robust energy market, planning for a bright future – it’s what our immensely hardworking and dedicated team does every day.

Pay

The base salary compensation range being offered for this role is $152,000 - $177,000 USD annually. Base salary range for this position is included in accordance with requirements of various state/local pay transparency legislation. Please note that salaries may vary for different individuals in the same role based on several factors, including but not limited to location of the role, individual competencies, education/professional certifications, and qualifications/experience.

Schedule

Not specified.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package, including 401k, vacation, sick and safe time, available on your first day of employment.

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