Operations & Systems Engineer
Navi Operations · Greater Bloomington Area · 2 wk ago
Information TechnologyFull-time
Role Overview
We are building an AI-powered operational system used inside real manufacturing environments. We’re looking for an Operations & Systems Engineer to design and build the backend logic and data systems that power planning, validation, and operational reliability.
What You'll Do
- Strong Python skills
- Comfort working with structured data (SQL, pandas, schemas)
- Systems thinking and logical reasoning ability
- Able to understand complex operational workflows
- Ownership mindset (able to take a problem from analysis to implementation)
What We're Looking For
- Required: Strong experience building and shipping applied AI or agentic systems in production
- Deep understanding of LLM-based reasoning, prompting, and evaluation techniques
- Ability to reason about failure modes and design for graceful degradation
- Ownership mindset — able to take a feature from architecture to deployment
Nice to Have
- Experience building backend services or internal tools
- Familiarity with production or operational data
- Experience designing clean data contracts
- Exposure to performance-sensitive systems
How We Evaluate
- Technical + product discussion
- Time-boxed take-home focused on state management and performance
- In-person deep dive into architecture, tradeoffs, and failure handling
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation based on experience and level of responsibility
- Direct ownership over core operational systems
- Closer collaboration with the founding team
- Exposure to production-grade operational software
- Clear growth path as the company scales
For Interns
- Paid internship with structured mentorship
- Structured opportunity for real system-level ownership
- Clear opportunity for full-time conversion based on performance