AI Engineer II for Research IT & Discovery

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Memphis, Northern (TN, KY)

Hybrid

USD 78,000 - 139,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital seeks a Software Developer II to build AI-enabled software for our Research IT ecosystem.

You will design and implement AI and LLM-powered systems, create robust data pipelines, and deploy models via APIs and microservices in a production environment. You will collaborate with researchers, data scientists, and engineers to deliver scalable, interpretable, and cost-efficient AI solutions that support pediatric disease research and clinical decision

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, information science, business, or related field required.
Master's degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Design and implement AI solutions (e.g., recommendation systems, NLP pipelines, LLM-powered features).
Build and maintain data pipelines for training, evaluation, and inference.
Integrate AI models into production systems via APIs and microservices.
Work with large language models (LLMs), including prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and evaluation.
Optimize model performance, latency, and cost in production environments.
Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure clean architecture and maintainable code.
Monitor and improve deployed models (drift detection, retraining, logging).
Stay current with advancements in AI and assess their practical application.
Contribute to defined system scope and objectives for assigned projects combining knowledge and disciplines of all aspects (e.g. program stack, memory management, networking utilization).
Assist all levels of software developers in developing software to support object oriented software applications.
Actively support and participate in the software development lifecycle management process (e.g. software coding, testing, debugging, documenting, installation).
Assist in developing detailed specifications from which programs will be written for group level systems.
Work with customers, vendors, and/or departments on technical issues including software system design and maintenance.
Ensure the rigorous application of information security/information assurance policies, principles, and practices.
Remain current and actively contribute in the evaluation and adaption of new methods and technologies.
Perform other duties as assigned to meet the goals and objectives of the department and institution.
Maintains regular and predictable attendance.