AI Engineer

Zeus; Orangeburg (SC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Zeus Industrial Products, based in Orangeburg, SC, seeks an experienced AI Engineer to design and deploy enterprise AI solutions—integrating LLMs, AI agents, data platforms, and APIs. You will help standardize patterns and enable scalable AI across manufacturing and business functions.

You will collaborate with data scientists, enterprise architecture, and manufacturing teams to deliver production-ready AI capabilities, focusing on governance, security, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, AI, or related field; or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of software/AI engineering experience.
• Strong Python proficiency and API/backend development experience.
• Hands-on with LLMs, prompt engineering, AI agents, and RAG architectures.
• Experience with AI orchestration tools and vector databases/search tech.
• Familiarity with cloud/data platforms (Snowflake, Azure, AWS, Databricks).
• Good software engineering practices: Git, CI/CD, testing, monitoring, deployment.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy enterprise AI applications and AI agents.
• Build AI orchestration pipelines using LLMs, RAG, and vector search.
• Integrate enterprise systems via REST APIs and middleware.
• Collaborate with data scientists and business stakeholders to productionize ML/AI.
• Develop semantic search, knowledge graphs, and conversational AI capabilities.
• Establish AI governance, security, observability, and cost controls.
• Define enterprise AI architecture standards and platform roadmaps.
• Monitor performance, cost, reliability, and user adoption.

Skills

Python

APIs

Backend services

Automation frameworks

LLMs

Prompt engineering

AI agents

RAG

Vector databases/search

Cloud platforms (Snowflake, Azure, AWS

Databricks

Git

CI/CD

Monitoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Snowflake Cortex

Snowpark

LangChain

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

AutoGen

CrewAI

REST APIs

Job description

This position will be responsible for designing, developing, and operationalizing enterprise AI solutions that enable intelligent automation, conversational AI, AI agents, and scalable AI-powered workflows across manufacturing and enterprise business functions. This role focuses on transforming AI concepts into production-ready systems by integrating Large Language Models (LLMs), AI agents, enterprise data platforms, APIs, orchestration frameworks, and business applications. The AI Engineer will work closely with data scientists, data engineering, enterprise architecture, manufacturing teams, and business stakeholders to deploy scalable AI capabilities aligned with Zeus’s enterprise AI strategy. The ideal candidate possesses strong software engineering and AI integration experience, including hands‑on expertise with AI orchestration frameworks, APIs, vector search, retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG), and enterprise system integration. This individual will play a critical role in establishing enterprise AI standards, reusable AI patterns, and operational AI platforms that support future AI scale across the organization.

Job Summary

This position will be responsible for designing, developing, and operationalizing enterprise AI solutions that enable intelligent automation, conversational AI, AI agents, and scalable AI-powered workflows across manufacturing and enterprise business functions. This role focuses on transforming AI concepts into production-ready systems by integrating Large Language Models (LLMs), AI agents, enterprise data platforms, APIs, orchestration frameworks, and business applications. The AI Engineer will work closely with data scientists, data engineering, enterprise architecture, manufacturing teams, and business stakeholders to deploy scalable AI capabilities aligned with Zeus’s enterprise AI strategy. The ideal candidate possesses strong software engineering and AI integration experience, including hands‑on expertise with AI orchestration frameworks, APIs, vector search, retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG), and enterprise system integration. This individual will play a critical role in establishing enterprise AI standards, reusable AI patterns, and operational AI platforms that support future AI scale across the organization.

JOB DESCRIPTION

This position will be responsible for designing, developing, and operationalizing enterprise AI solutions that enable intelligent automation, conversational AI, AI agents, and scalable AI-powered workflows across manufacturing and enterprise business functions. This role focuses on transforming AI concepts into production-ready systems by integrating Large Language Models (LLMs), AI agents, enterprise data platforms, APIs, orchestration frameworks, and business applications. The AI Engineer will work closely with data scientists, data engineering, enterprise architecture, manufacturing teams, and business stakeholders to deploy scalable AI capabilities aligned with Zeus’s enterprise AI strategy. The ideal candidate possesses strong software engineering and AI integration experience, including hands‑on expertise with AI orchestration frameworks, APIs, vector search, retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG), and enterprise system integration. This individual will play a critical role in establishing enterprise AI standards, reusable AI patterns, and operational AI platforms that support future AI scale across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy enterprise AI applications, AI agents, copilots, and intelligent workflow solutions across manufacturing and corporate domains.
• Build and maintain AI orchestration pipelines utilizing LLMs, retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG), vector search, prompt frameworks, and agent‑based architectures.
• Develop scalable AI integration patterns between enterprise platforms such as Snowflake, Salesforce, ERP systems, SCADA/OT systems, document repositories, and collaboration platforms.
• Collaborate with data scientists and business stakeholders to operationalize machine learning and generative AI solutions into production environments.
• Design APIs, middleware, and integration services supporting AI‑driven automation and cross platform communication.
• Develop and optimize semantic search, enterprise knowledge retrieval, and conversational AI capabilities.
• Support the implementation of AI governance, security, observability, model evaluation, and human‑in‑the‑loop approval processes.
• Drive enterprise AI architecture strategy and standards, partnering across teams to define approaches for AI platforms, orchestration, deployment, and lifecycle management.
• Data Security in workflows, Prompt injection Mitigation, Model explainability (where required)
• Monitor AI application performance, cost efficiency, reliability, and user adoption metrics.
• Stay current on emerging AI technologies, frameworks, and industry trends, and evaluate their applicability to enterprise AI initiatives.
• Understand and optimize consumption and cost patterns

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications are required to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, AI, or related technical discipline (or equivalent experience)
• 6+ years of experience in software engineering, AI engineering, machine learning engineering, or related technical roles.
• Strong proficiency in Python and experience developing APIs, backend services, and automation frameworks.
• Hands‑on experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, AI agents, RAG architectures, and vector databases/search technologies.
• Experience with modern AI frameworks and orchestration tools (LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, CrewAI, or similar).
• Experience integrating enterprise systems using REST APIs, event‑driven architectures, or middleware platforms.
• Familiarity with cloud and data platforms such as Snowflake, Azure, AWS, Databricks, or similar ecosystems.
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices including Git, CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and deployment pipelines.
• Excellent communication and cross‑functional collaboration skills. Preferred Qualifications
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, AI, or related technical discipline.
• Experience with Snowflake Cortex, Snowpark, AI agent frameworks, or enterprise AI platforms.
• Experience with enterprise knowledge graphs, semantic layers, or document intelligence systems.
• Familiarity with MCP architectures, AI orchestration platforms, or multi‑agent systems.
• Experience supporting AI deployments in manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Demonstrated ability to operationalize AI solutions from prototype through enterprise deployment.

About Us

Zeus Industrial Products, headquartered in Orangeburg, South Carolina, is the world’s leading polymer extrusion manufacturer and material science innovator. More than 50 years of experience in medical, aerospace, energy, automotive, fiber optics, and more allows us to set the bar high.

Zeus is a great place to work. Expectations are high; our work is meticulous and very precise. Zeus offers an opportunity to join a very successful, family‑oriented team. Our products are cutting‑edge, our process is unique, and our quality and customer focus are second‑to‑none. We are a leader in our field and have great relationships with our customers and team members. Many of our team members are the best at what they do in the world. Our customers are leaders in their fields. Our products help save lives.

Continuous Improvement is a way of life at Zeus. Successful candidates will have a desire and ability to take our manufacturing process to the next level. Expectations are high; our work is meticulous and very precise. You must possess the ability to work independently; and the desire to learn a variety of skills. The ability to communicate clearly is imperative, as is the ability to manipulate data using various software packages.

At Zeus, what we do matters, and we pride ourselves in “Turning polymers into possibilities.” Expectations are high; our products are cutting‑edge, our process is unique, and our quality and customer focus are second‑to‑none.

Our Employees And Our Customers Are At The Center Of Everything We Do. Those Relationships Have Been Built On a Foundation That Is Supported By Our Mission And Vision

Our Mission: Provide Solutions – Enable Innovation – Enhance Lives

Our Vision: Working Together – Doing It Better

Zeus is an exciting, innovative company that offers competitive pay and a great benefits package. As we continue to push the boundaries of polymer science, we’re constantly in need of new ideas, new expertise, and new team members. Are you ready to join us?

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