Senior AI Engineer

The Chemours Company; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Chemours Company is seeking a Senior AI Applications Engineer to join our growing AI & Data Science team. This role focuses on integrating GenAI across business workflows, architecting scalable software and GenAI agents, and delivering end-to-end solutions with strong stakeholder collaboration.

Experience in Python/JavaScript, React/Typescript/HTML frontend, and GenAI deployments is required. The position may consider remote candidates and requires an onsite US interview visa process for

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
• 8+ years advanced backend development with Python and JavaScript.
• 2+ years designing, coding (in Python), and deploying GenAI solutions in production.
• Minimum 2 years UI & frontend development with React.js, TypeScript, and HTML.
• Strong hands-on experience with GenAI architectures, embeddings, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
• Experience developing, deploying, and evaluating GenAI solutions with cost-to-performance focus.
• Proficiency with Pydantic models for robust GenAI architectures.
• Excellent English communication with non-technical users.
• Must possess a valid US visa for onsite interviews in the US.

Responsibilities

• Identify, design, and integrate Generative AI solutions into existing workflows.
• Design, architect, implement, and productionize traditional software apps and GenAI agents.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to scope use cases and deliver a high-quality UX.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives across Manufacturing, Legal, Finance, R&D, Supply Chain, and Sales.
• Mentor junior developers and foster collaboration and pairing culture.
• Coordinate with Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Data Engineering, and Office 365 for reviews.
• Lead end-to-end delivery for opportunities and define phased roadmaps.
• Oversee development from design through deployment and communicate progress to stakeholders.
• Address technical debt and build scalable, well-documented architectures.

Skills

Python

JavaScript

GenAI architecture

UI Frontend

React.js

TypeScript

HTML

Embeddings

Vector search

Retrieval-Augmented Gen

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

PyTorch

Azure

CI/CD pipelines

Kubernetes

Job description

As we create a colorful, capable and cleaner world through chemistry, we invite you tojoin our team to harness the power of chemistry to shape markets, redefine industries and improve lives for billions of people around the world.

CREATING ESSENTIAL CHEMISTRY THAT THE WORLD NEEDS

At Chemours, our people are redefining how the world thinks of chemistry by approaching everything we do with a commitment to delivering Trusted Chemistry that creates better lives and helps communities thrive. That begins with how we use our science, data, and unmatched technical expertise to develop market-leading products with the highest levels of performance, sustainability, and safety in the industry.

Powered by chemistry, our products are used in applications that make the products we rely on, processes, and new technologies possible. In key sectors such as clean energy, advanced electronics, high-performance computing and AI, climate friendly cooling, and high-quality paints and coatings for homes and industrial infrastructure—sustainable solutions and more modern living depend on Chemours chemistry.

Chemours is seeking a Senior AI Applications Engineer to join our growing AI & Data Science team. This position will report directly to the Head of Data Science & AI, and would be located at our Plaza Carso Offices in Mexico City. For the right candidate we may consider remote.

Experienced full stack software engineer who has a track record of designing & launching apps (for internal and 3rd party use) & GenAI solutions. Successful candidates will be able to thrive in a fast paced, ambiguous environment with a continuous learning mindset. Role will also require heavy stakeholder/end-user engagement throughout the build process. Accommodate eastern time zone working hours.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Identify, design, and integrate Generative AI solutions into existing business workflows to deliver measurable value

• Design, architect, implement,andproductionizetraditionalsoftware applications and GenAI agents.

• Partner with users and stakeholders to scope the use case, gatherrequirements,establishsuccesscriteria, and deliver an intuitive, high-quality UX.

• Lead high-impact initiatives across multiple business functions, including Manufacturing, Legal, Finance, R&D, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Sales.

• Mentor & help accelerate the work of junior developers; foster collaboration and teamwork and pair-programming culture.

• Collaborate with related teams (ie. Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Data Engineering, Office 365) to go thru approvals, architecture, security & governance reviews.

• When assigned to an opportunity, you will lead end-to-enddelivery.

• You will serve as product owner to defineandmaintainaphased roadmap, incorporating continuous user feedback, backlog prioritization, and release planning into yourrecommendations.

• Lead software development from design throughdeployment.

• Communicate progress to non-technical but key stakeholders on a proactive & regular basis.

• For existing codebases, address technical debt and build scalable, reusable architectures that are well documented and conform to security and compliancestandards.

• Manage the full lifecycle of deployed applications, including debugging, enhancements, upgrades, and continuous improvement driven by user feedback and evolving technology.

The following is _ required _ for this role:

• Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

• 8+ years advanced backend development with PythonANDJavascript

• 2+ years designing, coding (in Python), and deploying custom and complex GenAI solutions and multi-agent GenAI systems in production. We need to see evidence beyond building simple recommender systems orchatbots.

• Minimum 2 years UI & frontend development with React.js, Typescript, and HTML

• Strong hands-on experience designing and building GenAI architectures and multi-agent systems, including embeddings, advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques, and a variety of search architectures. Candidates should be able to clearly articulate solutions they have built using hybrid search, agentic search, vector search, and full-text search architectures.

• Demonstrated experience developing, deploying, and evaluating GenAI solutions, with a strong understanding of evaluation frameworks (evals) and a proven ability to optimize the cost-to-performance ratio of production AI applications.

• Strong proficiency with Pydantic models, including knowing when and how to leverage them to design robust, scalable, and maintainable GenAI architectures and workflows.

• Excellent English communication skills,in particularwithnon-technicalusers; proven ability to translate user needs into technical specs and regularly communicate progress to a wide range of technical & non-technical stakeholders.

• Candidates must possess a valid US visa, as the final stage of the interview process will take place onsite in the United States.

The following is _ preferred _ for this role:

• ExperiencewithPyTorchanditerating on model performance using task-specific data and empiricalevaluation.

• Strong experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines for AI and software systems in Azure-based environments, including automated testing, deployment, and secure, reproduciblereleases.

• Demonstrated enthusiasm for keeping current with advances in AI and machine learning, with the ability to translate new research, models, and techniques into practical, production-ready solutions (we'd love to seeyourGithubportfolio!)

• Experience integrating machine learning models into customapplications

• Azure Kubernetesexperience

• Experience designing, creating, and applying knowledge graphs to strengthen custom GenAI solutions.

We’re a different kind of chemistry company because we see our people as our biggest assets. Instead of focusing just on what our employees do each day, we look at how they do it—by taking a different approach to talent development, employee engagement, and culture. Our goal is to empower employees to be their best selves, at Chemours and in life.

Learn more about Chemours and our culture by visiting Chemours.com/careers.

Chemours is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, religion, color, gender, disability, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. Jurisdictions may have additional grounds for non-discrimination, and we comply with all applicable laws.

Don't meet every single requirement? At Chemours we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employees. So if you're excited about this role, but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

At Chemours, you will find sustainability in our vision, our business and your future. If you want to work on the leading edge of your field and have a desire to make a difference, join Chemours and discover what it means when we say \"We Are Living Chemistry\".