Applied AI Engineer: Production-Ready, Reusable Solutions

Granite Solutions Groupe, Inc.; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Company-paid life insurance

Pre-tax commuter benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Pet insurance options

Job summary

Granite Solutions Groupe, Inc. is seeking a Consultant for AI & Automation to transform AI-assisted prototypes into production-ready, reusable solutions.

You will design data structures, semantic search approaches, and component-based architectures while reducing external dependencies and technical debt. You will collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to ensure scalable, compliant, and secure AI-enabled workflows, leveraging modern development practices and design systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, AI engineering, solutions engineering, or a related technical field.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development and modern software development practices.
• Experience taking prototypes or proof-of-concepts into production-ready applications or solutions.
• Experience with database design and data structures.
• Experience with semantic search, embeddings, vector search, or related AI technologies.
• Strong understanding of component-based development and reusable technical architecture.
• Experience working with APIs, integrations, or external connectors.
• Ability to identify and address technical debt in rapidly developed or AI-assisted applications.
• Experience documenting technical solutions, architecture, and reusable patterns.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Comfortable working in ambiguity and rapidly evolving environments.

Responsibilities

• Take AI-assisted, vibe-coded, and rapidly developed prototypes and turn them into production-ready applications, agents, and technical components.
• Design and develop organized databases, data structures, and lightweight technical patterns that support AI-enabled solutions.
• Work with semantic search, embeddings, and related AI/context technologies.
• Develop reusable, component-based solutions that can be shared and expanded across the organization.
• Explore technical approaches that reduce dependency on external connectors and create more portable solutions.
• Identify and manage technical debt created through AI-assisted development.
• Build and refine reusable technical components, patterns, and standards that can be applied across different business use cases.
• Work within existing design systems and organizational technology standards where applicable.
• Package technical outputs against known security, compliance, and governance standards and help identify opportunities for pre-approved patterns.
• Document the technical architecture, components, patterns, and implementation approaches.
• Partner with business, technology, risk, compliance, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and ensure solutions are practical and scalable.
• Support the development of a repeatable methodology for building and working with AI.
• Work effectively in an ambiguous and evolving environment, helping determine the appropriate technical approach as the initiative develops.

Skills

Applied AI

AI-assisted development

Software development

Data structures

Component-based architecture

Prototype-to-production

Problem solving

Documentation

Compliance & governance

Ambiguity tolerance

Tools

React

Replit

Job description

Granite Solutions Groupe, Inc. is seeking a Consultant for AI & Automation to transform AI-assisted prototypes into production-ready, reusable solutions.

You will design data structures, semantic search approaches, and component-based architectures while reducing external dependencies and technical debt. You will collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to ensure scalable, compliant, and secure AI-enabled workflows, leveraging modern development practices and design systems.