AI Innovation Engineer

Job Summary

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is an exciting and dynamic work environment grounded in organizational principles that include family and personal life/work balance; an inclusive, respectful, and supportive work environment; professional development opportunities; innovation; and alignment with the campus's teaching, learning, and research missions. DoIT provides core IT infrastructure services to the university, develops and implements services for the university and in some cases, for the Universities of Wisconsin, plays a major role in managing the state-wide higher education network and regional networks. The Integrated Business Solutions team, within the Division of Information Technology, is looking for a highly skilled AI Innovation Engineer who will collaborate with stakeholders and colleagues across UW-Madison campus and university partners to drive administrative AI and Automation processes to improve operation efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Developing cloud-based workflow and interactive AI solutions.
• Testing and validating AI agents to ensure accuracy and reliability.
• Aiding in the management of a cloud-based application platform including utilization, observability, and security functions.
• Understanding of data strategy, cybersecurity and risk practices.
• Using AI coding tools to build features more rapidly while making sure the code is secure, reliable, and fits our platform.

Qualifications

• Software development experience (preferred 5 years) including AI engineering (preferred 1 year).
• Advanced programming experience in JavaScript/TypeScript or Python (preferred 2 years).
• Proven experience designing and implementing agentic AI workflows and applications.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Github Copilot or Gemini Code Assist).
• Experience with managing applications in public cloud platforms (AWS or GCP).
• Demonstrated experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or OpenTofu.

Department

Department: Division of Information Technology, Enterprise Business Systems, Integrated Business Solutions

Compensation

Compensation: Starting salary will be based on experience and qualifications. Well qualified applicants can expect to earn between $90,000 - $135,000, with final salary based on experience and qualifications. Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and sick leave; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits. Benefits information can be found at (https://hr.wisc.edu/benefits/).

Contact Information

Contact Information: DoIT Human Resources, doit-hr@doit.wisc.edu, 608-263-1790 Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1.