AI Solutions Engineer — On-Site LA Innovator

datadotorg; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

University community seeks an AI Solutions Engineer to design, develop, and deploy agentic AI-enabled workflows across campus. You will consult with stakeholders to architect scalable, cost-effective solutions and guide teams in implementing automated processes.

Responsibilities include technical design, integration blueprints, and secure implementation using tools like Azure AI Foundry, ServiceNow, and Python-based REST APIs. Collaboration with IT, research, and administration is essential.

Qualifications

• Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in a related field and four years of relevant experience.
• Additional experience may substitute for required education on a year-for-year basis.
• An advanced degree may substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.

Responsibilities

• Consults independently with campus stakeholders to evaluate opportunities and architect cost-effective, scalable solutions; discerning when to deploy agentic, AI-enabled, or AI-integrated workflow automations to streamline university activities.
• Authors clear technical design write-ups, architectural specifications, integration blueprints, and cost models to secure stakeholder buy-in and funding prior to building proposed solutions.
• Engineers, configures, tests, and deploys context-grounded agentic solutions and AI-integrated workflow solutions.
• Configures robust defense mechanisms, including prompt injection mitigations, abuse guardrails, evaluation frameworks, and human-in-the-loop escalation paths to ensure agentic actions operate safely within institutional boundaries.
• Empowers student team members to participate in stakeholder requirements gathering, rapid proof of concept builds, and pilot testing.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

AI knowledge

Mentor student developers

Agile software development

Stakeholder communication

Python

REST APIs

Security governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Advanced degree substitution for experience

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / CS / IT

Tools

Azure AI Foundry

ServiceNow

Python

REST APIs

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Vector databases

Job description

University community seeks an AI Solutions Engineer to design, develop, and deploy agentic AI-enabled workflows across campus. You will consult with stakeholders to architect scalable, cost-effective solutions and guide teams in implementing automated processes.

Responsibilities include technical design, integration blueprints, and secure implementation using tools like Azure AI Foundry, ServiceNow, and Python-based REST APIs. Collaboration with IT, research, and administration is essential.