Senior AI Developer

Energy Transfer; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Transfer is seeking a hands-on Senior AI Developer to join our Enterprise AI team in Houston. You will design, prototype, deploy, and maintain AI solutions using Python and/or .NET, work with cloud platforms, and turn ideas into production systems.

Ideal candidates have experience building production systems, including RAG pipelines and AI agents, and can communicate across technical and business teams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Professional experience building production systems with Python or .NET.
• Strong knowledge of cloud services and architectures — Azure preferred (or AWS/GCP).
• Hands-on experience with RAG pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with AI agents (Copilot Studio, Semantic Kernel) or similar.
• Experience with Azure AI Search / vector search platforms.
• SQL and large-scale data platforms familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy, and maintain AI solutions using Python and/or .NET.
• Build AI agents using Copilot Studio or Semantic Kernel.
• Build and optimize cloud-native apps on Azure.
• Work with Databricks and large-scale data.
• Turn ideas into production systems with cross-functional teams.
• Evaluate model performance and improve system efficiency.

Skills

Python

.NET

Azure

Databricks

AI agents

RAG pipelines

SQL

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Copilot Studio

Semantic Kernel

LangGraph

AutoGen

Job description

Job Description - Senior AI Developer (2610003347)

We value all of our employees who make our growth and success possible. We are proud to offer industry leading compensation, comprehensive benefits,401(k) match with additional profit sharing,PTO and abundant career opportunities.

Come join our award winning over 12,000 strong organization as we fuel the world and each other!

Summary

Energy Transfer is looking for a hands‑on AI Developer with strong expertise in Python or .NET, cloud platforms, and modern data tooling to join our multidisciplinary Enterprise AI team. This developer will work alongside AI engineers/developers and business analysts to build, ship, and iterate on real production AI solutions.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast‑paced environment where they own work end‑to‑end: prototyping, building, deploying, and refining. Candidates who have come up through a smaller company or startup environment — wearing multiple hats and shipping real systems — will feel right at home.

Technical Environment

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy, and maintain AI solutions using Python and/or .NET.
• Build AI agents using Microsoft Copilot Studio or the Semantic Kernel Agent Framework.
• Build and optimize cloud-native applications on Azure.
• Work with large-scale data in Databricks.
• Partner with AI engineers/developers and business analysts to turn ideas and experiments into production systems.
• Apply critical thinking to evaluate model performance, troubleshoot complex issues, and improve system efficiency.
• Communicate clearly with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Prototype quickly, test rigorously, and iterate often.

Required Skills

Requirements: Education and/or Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. The requirements for this position are listed below:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, with relevant job experience commensurate with the selected job level (see below).
• Professional experience building production systems with Python or .NET (proficiency in both is a strong plus).
• Strong working knowledge of cloud services and architecture patterns — Azure preferred (or equivalent experience in AWS or GCP, with willingness to ramp on Azure).
• Hands‑on experience building RAG (Retrieval‑Augmented Generation) pipelines.
• Hands‑on experience building AI agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio, Semantic Kernel Agent Framework, or an equivalent agent framework (e.g., LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI).
• Hands‑on experience with at least two of the following:
  • Azure AI Search (or equivalent vector/semantic search platform — Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector, Elasticsearch with vector, AWS Kendra/OpenSearch)
• Comfort working with SQL and large‑scale data platforms (Databricks experience is a plus, but the syntax is approachable if you know SQL).
• Excellent communication and critical‑thinking skills.
• Background in a smaller company or startup environment with significant ownership of technical work.

Required experience is commensurate with the selected job level

• The Specialist level requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 2-5 years of relevant job related experience.
• The Senior Specialist level requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 5-8 years of relevant job related experience.
• The Lead Specialist level requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 8+ years of relevant job related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in both Python and .NET.
• Direct hands‑on experience with Microsoft Copilot Studio and/or Semantic Kernel specifically.
• Hands‑on experience with Databricks specifically.
• Practical ML experience (model training, evaluation, deployment).
• Familiarity with Azure AI Foundry (or equivalent — AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI) and Azure OpenAI (or equivalent managed LLM service) in production.
• Experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol) or similar agent‑tooling standards.
• Natural Gas Pipeline or Energy Industry work experience is a plus.

Working Conditions

• Usually, normal office working conditions.
• This is an on‑site role, worked in person at the office 5 days per week during business hours.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time due to prolonged periods of sitting or standing.
• Occasional overnight travel may be required to other business locations within the company.

Primary Location

United States-TX-HOUSTON

Work Locations

Houston TX 1300 Main (100000189) 1300 Main Street Houston 77002

Job

Information Technology

Schedule

Regular

Full-time

Travel

Yes, 10 % of the Time

Job Posting

Sep 14, 2026, 4:00:00 AM

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