Senior AI Applied Engineer

Prologis; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Dental and Vision

401(k) match

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Volunteer time off

Job summary

Prologis seeks an Senior AI Applied Engineer to lead enterprise AI initiatives across the Prologis platform, shaping scalable patterns and architectures. You will design timeboxed pilots, evaluate results, and translate findings into reference implementations with the Central AI team.

You will leverage Python, AWS, and modern LLM tooling to advance agentic workflows and text-to-SQL patterns, communicating value to technical and business stakeholders and de-risking complex initiatives.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience delivering production-quality systems.
• Expert Python skills with clean architecture, testing, packaging, performance and reliability.
• Strong AWS architecture and development experience with security/IAM, networking, serverless/containers, monitoring and cost controls.
• Solid data foundations: SQL, data modeling, APIs/integration patterns; familiarity with RAG and text-to-SQL.
• Rigorous experimentation: hypothesis-driven approach, evaluation plans, metrics and timeboxing.
• Excellent communication to technical and business stakeholders; proven storytelling.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on experience with LLM evaluations, tool use, memory strategies, multi-agent orchestration.
• Familiarity with modern LLM stacks and portability considerations.

Responsibilities

• Drive AI innovation and rapid experimentation to advance Prologis capabilities.
• Design and run timeboxed pilots with clear hypotheses and success metrics.
• Evolve enterprise AI patterns (RAG, text-to-SQL, evaluation/observability, guardrails).
• Build reference implementations and handoff docs for scalable architectures.
• Develop within AWS using secure, observable architectures and strong engineering practices.
• Communicate results through demos and readouts linking tech to business value.
• Support priority projects with clear entry/exit criteria and risk mitigation.
• Continuously evaluate emerging AI tools and vendor capabilities for actionable recommendations.

Skills

Software engineering

Python

AWS

Data modeling

LLM evaluations

Communication

Bachelor’s degree

Agentic systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Dataiku DSS

OpenAI tooling

Job description

At Prologis, we don’t just lead the industry—we define it with a 1.3 billion square foot portfolio and an annual throughput of approximately $3.2 trillion. We create the intelligent infrastructure that powers global commerce, seamlessly connecting the digital and physical worlds. From agile supply chains to energy solutions, our ecosystems help your business move faster, operate smarter and grow sustainably. With unmatched scale, innovation and expertise, Prologis is a category of one—not just shaping the future of logistics but building what comes next.

Job Title: Senior AI Applied Engineer Company: Prologis

A day in the life

In this role, you will explore and experiment with emerging AI techniques to establish new and evolve existing enterprise AI patterns. Your time will be spent designing and running hypothesis-driven pilots, evaluating results, and translating learnings into clear recommendations, reference architectures and next steps. You will collaborate closely with AI platform and delivery teams to transition successful approaches into scalable architectures. Along the way, you’ll communicate findings through demos and concise readouts that connect technical outcomes to business impact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive AI innovation and rapid experimentation to advance Prologis capabilities (agentic workflows, reasoning approaches, evaluation methods, and emerging techniques).
• Design and execute timeboxed pilots with clear hypotheses, success metrics, and kill/scale decision points.
• Enhance and evolve existing enterprise AI patterns and standards (e.g., retrieval-augmented generation, text-to-SQL, evaluation/observability, guardrails) using new approaches and measured outcomes.
• Build reference implementations and handoff documents so successful experiments transition into scalable architectures in partnership with the Central AI team.
• Develop within the AWS ecosystem using secure, observable, cost-aware architectures and strong software engineering practices.
• Communicate results through demos and concise readouts that connect technical outcomes to business value, tradeoffs, and recommended next steps.
• Support priority project work as cycles allow, focused on de-risking and acceleration with clear entry/exit criteria.
• Continuously evaluate emerging AI tools, frameworks, and vendor offerings; synthesize external research, OSS trends, and vendor capabilities into actionable recommendations for Prologis.

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of software engineering experience (or equivalent), delivering production-quality systems.
• Expert Python skills (clean architecture, testing, packaging, performance and reliability).
• Strong AWS architecture and development experience (security/IAM, networking, serverless and/or containers, monitoring/logging, cost controls).
• Strong data foundations: SQL, data modeling, APIs/integration patterns; comfortable incorporating RAG and text-to-SQL patterns into real solutions.
• Demonstrated rigor in experimentation: hypothesis-driven approach, evaluation plans, metrics, timeboxing, and pragmatic decision-making.
• Ability to communicate clearly to both technical and business stakeholders; proven storytelling and influence through results.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering (or equivalent practical experience).
• Hands-on experience designing and interpreting LLM evaluations (task success, faithfulness, hallucination analysis, cost/latency tradeoffs).
• Familiarity with modern LLM application stacks across vendors, with an ability to reason about abstraction tradeoffs, portability, and long-term maintainability.
• Hands-on experience with agentic systems (tool use, memory strategies, multi-agent orchestration) and reliability/evaluation techniques.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Dataiku (DSS), including building and operationalizing analytics/AI workflows; LLMOps experience is a plus.
• Experience building evaluation harnesses (golden sets, regression testing, error analysis) and partnering on risk/safety reviews.
• Exposure to OpenAI AgentKit/ChatKit and Apps SDK/MCP is a plus.
• Experience transitioning prototypes into enterprise-ready patterns in partnership with platform and delivery teams.

Hiring Salary Range of: $125,000 - 186,000. Salary and whole compensation package (bonus target) to be determined by the candidate’s location, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

People First Each of us working at Prologis plays an essential role in the enduring success of our company. We value people who are decisive, courageous and adaptable. While we are one company, locations and departments operate with autonomy and accountability. Individuals take the initiative here. When you join Prologis, you work shoulder to shoulder with some of the top talent in the industry to do the best work of your career. Every employee belongs. Every employee contributes. Employees advance their careers here. As a successful global enterprise, Prologis has never lost sight of what matters most, our strong belief that our people are the most important part of our business. And because of that, we provide a generous total rewards package and take a lot of time to focus on quality management and leadership development. People come first here.

All full-time roles in the US come with a robust benefits package which includes healthcare, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents. Prologis also offers several other wellness, financial, and work/lifestyle-specific benefits. Our 401(k) retirement plan has a company match of 50% up to 12% of eligible compensation. We also offer generous PTO with a starting accrual of 22 days a year in addition to paid holidays and volunteer time.

All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of background verification.

Prologis is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religions, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Employment Type: Full time Location: San Francisco, California Additional Locations: Chicago, Illinois, Denver, Colorado, Los Angeles, California, Phoenix, Arizona

We are builders, thinkers and doers—creating more than space, we power global commerce. We seek and attract top talent from around the world and foster a culture where diverse ideas fuel innovation, collaboration and excellence