Senior AI Developer: Production AI on Azure (Python/.NET)

Energy Transfer; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Profit sharing

PTO

Job summary

Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. seeks a hands-on AI Developer to join our Enterprise AI team. You''ll design, build, deploy, and iterate production AI solutions using Python and/or .NET, while leveraging cloud-native Azure services and Databricks for large-scale data.

You''ll collaborate with AI engineers and business analysts to turn experiments into real systems in a fast-paced setting. The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, startup-like ownership, and delivering production-grade AI

Qualifications

• 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 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.

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 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 issues, and improve system efficiency.
• Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Prototype quickly, test rigorously, and iterate often.

Skills

Python

.NET

Azure

Databricks

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Copilot Studio

Semantic Kernel

LangGraph

AutoGen

Job description

Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. seeks a hands-on AI Developer to join our Enterprise AI team. You''ll design, build, deploy, and iterate production AI solutions using Python and/or .NET, while leveraging cloud-native Azure services and Databricks for large-scale data.

You''ll collaborate with AI engineers and business analysts to turn experiments into real systems in a fast-paced setting. The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, startup-like ownership, and delivering production-grade AI