Senior AI Engineer

About the role

Design, build, and scale AI infrastructure and tooling that empowers data scientists, engineers and product teams across Shipt to bring AI first products and features to our customers. Shape the foundations of our AI capabilities and help accelerate innovation across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop internal tooling and libraries using AI tools and frameworks
• Create integrations with LLM gateways, agent frameworks, and structured output systems to improve AI-powered applications
• Contribute to the design of scalable infrastructure for large-scale data processing and model serving
• Partner closely with engineers and data scientists and collaborate with product and operations teams to deliver AI capabilities that power real-world logistics, retail and customer experiences

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Python, with experience across modern AI/ML ecosystems
• Hands-on experience building with AI development tools such as MCP servers/clients, PydanticAI, LangGraph, LiteLLM, or similar AI platforms or tools
• Background in developing infrastructure and tooling that supports engineering and data science teams
• Experience with observability and monitoring systems for ML (e.g., MLflow, Weights & Biases, or similar)
• Solid understanding of the data science workflow, from data ingestion and feature engineering to experimentation, deployment, and monitoring
• Experience with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerized development (Docker, Kubernetes)

Qualifications

• AI Platforms, Large Language Models (LLMs), Machine Learning (ML), Platform Engineering
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Skills

• AI Platforms
• Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Machine Learning (ML)
• Platform Engineering

Benefits

Employees (and eligible family members) are covered by medical, dental, vision and more. Employees may enroll in our company’s 401k plan. Employees will also be eligible to receive discretionary vacation for exempt team members, paid holidays throughout the calendar year and paid sick leave. Other compensation includes eligibility for an annual bonus and the potential for restricted stock units based on role.

Pay

Pay Range: $134,000 - $180,000

Schedule

Hybrid roles in Birmingham, AL typically work in-office at least 2 days per week, with core in-office days on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Hybrid roles in Minneapolis, MN typically work in-office at least 1 day per week on either Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. Hybrid roles in San Francisco, CA typically work in-office at least 1 day per week between Monday and Thursday. Certain roles may require in-office presence on a full-time basis.

Shipt

Shipt is a retail tech company that connects people to reliable, high-quality delivery with a personal touch. Shipt connects customers to the things they want from the stores they love, retail businesses to more satisfied customers, and workers to new earning opportunities. At Shipt, we aim to put our team first to boost a sense of belonging, spark opportunities for growth, provide unique benefits and commit to giving back to our communities in ways that make life better, both personally and professionally. We understand that our service, our culture, and our connection to our communities are only made better by every single person who shows up to work here every day.