AI-Driven Software Engineer for Internal Apps

Jobs in JS; Carrollton (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard Auto Group is seeking a hands-on software developer to build business applications, develop AI solutions, and automate dealership workflows. You will work directly with leadership to turn ideas into practical software, connect existing systems, and improve applications based on employee feedback.

The ideal candidate has coding experience, deployed applications, and is comfortable with AI tools and locally hosted models. Our in-house IT team supports networking and infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Two+ years of professional software development experience with deployed business applications.
• Strong Python skills and knowledge of SQL and database design.
• Experience with web development (JavaScript, HTML, CSS).
• Experience building and integrating APIs and connecting apps to business data.
• Experience with AI-powered apps, LLMs, RAG, embeddings, vector search, and AI agents.
• Experience running open-weight models locally and wiring to applications.
• Familiarity with Git, testing, and application deployment.
• Understanding hosting and hardware needs for local AI.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain internal applications, dashboards, and automation tools.
• Expand and enhance the Vanguard Ops platform and develop new apps from business needs.
• Leverage AI coding assistants while reviewing and testing generated code.
• Connect apps to business data via APIs, databases, file imports, and browser automation.
• Build enterprise AI apps, including internal assistants, document-processing tools, and workflows.
• Develop Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions using company sources.
• Create AI agents that perform defined business tasks using tools and APIs.
• Install and integrate open-weight models on local servers; stay current on AI tools.
• Collaborate with IT for hosting, deployment, and secure access across sites.
• Implement perms, data handling, testing, logging, and error monitoring.

Skills

Python

SQL

JavaScript

HTML/CSS

APIs

AI/LLMs

Git

Testing/Debugging

Problem Solving

Tools

Docker

Linux

Ollama

LM Studio

Job description

Vanguard Auto Group is seeking a hands-on software developer to build business applications, develop AI solutions, and automate dealership workflows. You will work directly with leadership to turn ideas into practical software, connect existing systems, and improve applications based on employee feedback.

The ideal candidate has coding experience, deployed applications, and is comfortable with AI tools and locally hosted models. Our in-house IT team supports networking and infrastructure.