Principal AI Engineer

Mom's Meals; Ankeny, Northern (IA, KY); Hybrid; USD 149,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO, holiday pay and holiday of choice

401(k) match

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Health, dental and vision insurance

Maternity/paternity leave

Health savings account (HSA)

Flex spending accounts (FSA)

Job summary

Mom's Meals is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to lead enterprise AI strategy, design, and delivery. You will partner with executives to translate business needs into scalable AI/automation solutions, guiding governance, security, and lifecycle management across the organization.

You will drive AI adoption with Agentic AI, Generative AI, and RPA, shaping roadmaps, collaborating with IT and business leaders, and ensuring responsible AI practices in a remote/hybrid setup requiring travel to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years’ experience in software engineering, AI engineering, data engineering, automation, analytics, or a related technology discipline.
• 3+ years’ hands-on experience designing and implementing AI, machine learning, intelligent automation, or advanced analytics solutions.
• Proven experience partnering directly with business stakeholders to solve complex business challenges through technology.
• Experience leading discovery workshops, process assessments, and solution design sessions.
• Demonstrated success delivering technology solutions across multiple business systems and platforms.
• Strong understanding of enterprise applications, cloud platforms, system integrations, and modern data ecosystems.
• Artificial Intelligence: Agentic AI frameworks and solution patterns; Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI; Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG); Prompt engineering and agent design; AI governance and lifecycle management;Model evaluation, monitoring, and optimization.
• Intelligent Automation; Robotic Process Automation (RPA); Workflow orchestration technologies; Intelligent Document Processing (IDP);Business process automation and optimization
• Solution Delivery & Integration: Enterprise application integrations; API concepts and integration patterns; Cloud-based platforms and services; Secure solution design principles;AI deployment, monitoring, documentation, and support
• Data & Analytics: SQL and modern data engineering concepts; Data modeling and integration; Analytics and reporting platforms; AI-ready data platform concepts

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to understand strategic objectives and operational challenges.
• Conduct workflow assessments and discovery sessions to identify AI opportunities.
• Translate business requirements into practical AI, automation, and analytics solutions.
• Develop business cases, value assessments, and implementation roadmaps for AI initiatives.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on emerging AI technologies, trends, opportunities, and risks.
• Lead solution design sessions with business and technical stakeholders.
• Design AI-enabled workflows, agents, copilots, and automation that integrate with enterprise systems.
• Collaborate with security, data, and IT teams to deploy AI solutions successfully.
• Build AI solutions using LLMs, orchestration, and RAG techniques.
• Monitor, optimize, and document AI systems to maximize value and reliability.
• Advise on governance, risk management, and ethics for enterprise AI.

Skills

AI engineering

Leadership

Stakeholder collaboration

Discovery workshops

Enterprise solutions

Strategy & consulting

Communication

Solution design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Data Science / Engineering

Tools

Databricks

Microsoft Azure

Azure OpenAI

Azure AI Services

D365 / Microsoft Power Platform

Job description

The Principal AI Engineer serves as Mom's Meals' lead AI consultant and technical expert, partnering with business leaders to identify opportunities, design innovative AI solutions, and implement technologies that improve business outcomes.

This role works directly with functional leaders across the organization to analyze workflows, identify inefficiencies, and develop AI-powered solutions that drive productivity, automation, operational excellence, and informed decision-making. The Principal AI Engineer combines hands-on AI expertise, strong business acumen, and technical leadership to translate complex business challenges into practical, secure, and scalable solutions.

The ideal candidate brings experience with Agentic AI, Generative AI, intelligent automation, and modern enterprise technologies. They can communicate effectively with both technical teams and business stakeholders while helping drive responsible AI adoption throughout Mom's Meals.

This position can be remote with occasional travel required for business meetings, discovery workshop sessions, and company events as needed.

Remote hires will be required to travel to our headquarters in Ankeny, IA (company paid) on their first day for orientation.

At this time, we are NOT considering applicants that require immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc.

Salary range: $148,500-165,000

Benefits

Our employees enjoy a generous package of benefits that we are thrilled to provide, and feel is part of what makes us different as an employer. We value our team members, and this is one way we can show it.

Benefits include:

• -PTO, holiday pay and holiday of choice
• -401(k) match
• -Life insurance
• -Short-term disability
• -Health, dental and vision insurance
• -Maternity/paternity leave
• -Health savings account (HSA)
• -Flex spending accounts (FSA) - health and dependent

Position Responsibilities may include, but not limited to

AI Strategy & Business Consulting

• Partner with business leaders across Mom's Meals to understand strategic objectives, operational challenges, and process inefficiencies

• Conduct workflow assessments and discovery sessions to identify opportunities for AI-driven transformation

• Translate business requirements into practical AI, automation, and analytics solutions

• Develop business cases, value assessments, and implementation roadmaps for AI initiatives

• Serve as a trusted advisor on emerging AI technologies, trends, opportunities, and risks

• Recommend appropriate approaches using Agentic AI, Generative AI, Machine Learning, Intelligent Document Processing, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), and other relevant methods

AI Solution Design & Technical Leadership

• Design practical AI solutions that address complex business challenges and improve operational outcomes

• Evaluate requirements and recommend appropriate AI technologies, tools, and implementation approaches

• Lead solution design sessions with business and technical stakeholders

• Develop AI-enabled workflows, agents, copilots, and automation solutions that integrate with existing enterprise systems

• Apply sound cross-platform design practices so solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with company technology standards

• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, integration, security, and data teams to deploy and support AI solutions successfully

AI Solution Development

• Design, develop, test, and implement AI-powered applications, intelligent agents, copilots, and automation solutions

• Build Agentic AI solutions using Large Language Models (LLMs), orchestration frameworks, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques

• Develop AI solutions that automate business processes, improve employee productivity, enhance decision-making, and strengthen customer experiences

• Establish reusable frameworks, accelerators, and engineering practices that enable future AI initiatives

• Monitor, optimize, document, and continuously improve AI solutions to maximize reliability and business value

Automation & Process Optimization

• Lead intelligent automation initiatives using RPA and AI-enabled workflow technologies

• Analyze end-to-end business processes and identify opportunities to reduce manual effort and increase efficiency

• Design automated solutions that integrate structured and unstructured business data

• Partner with process owners to improve operational performance, adoption, and scalability

Enterprise Integration & Platform Enablement

• Design AI solutions that integrate effectively with existing business platforms, applications, and data sources

• Collaborate across technology teams to deliver secure, supportable, and sustainable outcomes

• Ensure AI initiatives align with enterprise technology, security, data, and governance standards

• Identify and promote reusable integration patterns that accelerate responsible AI adoption

AI Governance & Steering Committee Leadership

• Serve as a key member of the Mom's Meals AI Steering Committee and provide technical leadership for enterprise AI decisions

• Help shape the organization's AI strategy, governance framework, roadmap, and initiative prioritization process

• Partner with executive leadership to evaluate AI opportunities and align investments with business objectives

• Help establish standards for responsible AI, security, privacy, compliance, model oversight, and risk management

• Evaluate emerging AI technologies, platforms, and vendors for business applicability and value

• Promote AI literacy and adoption across the organization through education, coaching, and thought leadership

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field

• 7+ years’ experience in software engineering, AI engineering, data engineering, automation, analytics, or a related technology discipline

• 3+ years’ hands-on experience designing and implementing AI, machine learning, intelligent automation, or advanced analytics solutions

• Proven experience partnering directly with business stakeholders to solve complex business challenges through technology

• Experience leading discovery workshops, process assessments, and solution design sessions

• Demonstrated success delivering technology solutions across multiple business systems and platforms

• Strong understanding of enterprise applications, cloud platforms, system integrations, and modern data ecosystems

• Artificial Intelligence: Agentic AI frameworks and solution patterns; Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI; Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG); Prompt engineering and agent design; AI governance and lifecycle management;Model evaluation, monitoring, and optimization

• Intelligent Automation; Robotic Process Automation (RPA); Workflow orchestration technologies; Intelligent Document Processing (IDP);Business process automation and optimization

• Solution Delivery & Integration: Enterprise application integrations; API concepts and integration patterns; Cloud-based platforms and services; Secure solution design principles;AI deployment, monitoring, documentation, and support

• Data & Analytics: SQL and modern data engineering concepts; Data modeling and integration; Analytics and reporting platforms; AI-ready data platform concepts

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Master's degree

• Salesforce CRM

• MuleSoft

• Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365)

• Databricks

• Microsoft Azure and Azure AI Services

• Azure OpenAI

• Microsoft Fabric

• Microsoft Power Platform

• Microsoft Copilot Studio

• Experience within manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, food production, supply chain, or other operationally complex environments

Physical Requirements

• Repetitive motions that include the wrists, hands and/or fingers

• Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting, remaining in a stationary position for prolonged periods

• Visual perception to perform job including peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Job Category: Corporate - Information Technology

Job Type: Full-Time, Remote

Location Type: Remote