AI Solution Developer

About the role

As an AI Solutions Developer, you will sit within our Innovation team, reporting to the Senior Director of Applied Innovation & Research. You’ll collaborate with the CTO/CINO and the Senior Director, taking a leadership role in innovation and AI strategy to drive our business.

About the Innovation Team

Our mission is simple: Move fast, break the status quo, drive technological evolution in every corner of the company, and demonstrate to our clients that tms is ahead of the pack. We believe that true progress requires the courage to experiment, the agility to pivot, and a healthy obsession with curiosity.

Responsibilities

• Lead innovation and AI strategy development in collaboration with leadership.
• Play a key role in ideation and construction of AI-based applied commercial solutions that address stakeholder problems and align with business strategy.
• Contribute AI skills to proof-of-concept initiatives and production systems to explore applicability of emerging technologies addressing internal challenges, opportunities, or external market gaps.
• Expand internal expertise in AI (LLMs, image generation, agents, AI workflow tools), robotics, and automation through targeted, small-scale projects.
• Track and interpret industry technology developments, alerting and educating the organization on relevant advancements.
• Attend relevant conferences to gain insights that drive future strategies and share learnings with the team.

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on experience leveraging Artificial Intelligence technologies such as Machine Learning, Large Language Models, Diffusion Models, and other related technologies in applied innovation initiatives. Exceptions may be made for candidates with exceptional abilities and experience.
• Strong software architecture and system design ability, with experience building complex, scalable software systems.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience building production solutions with modern AI tooling such as ComfyUI and/or Diffusers.
• Strong mathematical and algorithmic problem-solving ability.
• Capacity to learn sophisticated architectures quickly and operate with autonomy.

Preferred Qualifications

• Breadth across modern AI approaches, such as diffusion models and large language models, with flexibility to use the best technique for the problem.
• Experience delivering solutions that combine AI with conventional software, mathematics, and algorithmic work.
• Familiarity with model fine-tuning and adaptation methods, such as LoRA.
• Comfort using ComfyUI flexibly, including beyond standard generation.
• Prior delivery of AI or software solutions for enterprise clients under formal brand, quality, and security standards.

Skills

• Ability to conceive and develop original AI solutions in collaboration with customers and internal innovation resources.
• Ability to take innovation plans from leadership and make meaningful contributions to bring them to fruition.
• Expert ability to navigate corporate processes efficiently.
• Excellent collaboration skills, with the ability to work across diverse groups and individuals.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to present highly complex topics to audiences of varying technical acumen.
• Relentless curiosity about AI-related technical developments and initiative to stay informed.

Benefits

• Generous medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Paid parental and medical leave programs.
• 401(k) with company match and profit-sharing.
• 15 days of paid time off plus company holidays.
• Hybrid work model.
• Tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment assistance.
• Inclusive employee resource groups.

Pay

Starting salary range: $120,000–$125,000.