Senior AI/GenAI Platform Engineer - Hybrid (Azure)

Meijer Inc.; Grand Rapids (MI); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meijer Rewards

Weekly pay

Scheduling flexibility

Paid parental leave

Paid education assistance

Team member discount

Development programs for advancement

Job summary

Meijer Inc. is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead AI-driven architecture and integration across domains. The role focuses on designing patterns, mentoring teams, and steering AI and GenAI initiatives within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem.

The position follows a hybrid schedule with a Grand Rapids, MI office presence part of the week and remote collaboration for the remainder. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in IT leadership, scalable AI deployments, and proven success with Azure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or comparable combination of education and related experience.
• 5+ years of progressive responsibility in an IT environment with demonstrated technical knowledge.
• Advanced knowledge of software development best practices.
• Experience in the retail industry or production/service environment is preferred.
• Exposure to agile development methodologies and diverse project management frameworks.
• Technical team leadership experience.
• Experience with Scaled Agile frameworks is preferred.
• Experience guiding AI/GenAI development and related tooling.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and review implementation details for a domain within the company’s AI solutions.
• Designs, codes, and implements new industry-leading design patterns in domain-specific code bases.
• Mentor domain engineering teams on principles and best practices.
• Provide engineering strategy to ensure code modernization and industry-standard patterns.
• Build proofs of concepts that are production-ready.
• Guide development teams within domain requirements.
• Lead non-functional requirements such as security, reliability, performance, maintainability, scalability, and usability.
• Promote new technology and methods to improve business processes and customer value.
• Define and evolve reference architectures for AI & Automation workloads on the Microsoft Azure stack (Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, RAG, MCP, Copilot Studio).
• Guide LLMOps and responsible AI practices across domains and lead architectural reviews for GenAI deployments.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Job description

Meijer Inc. is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead AI-driven architecture and integration across domains. The role focuses on designing patterns, mentoring teams, and steering AI and GenAI initiatives within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem.

The position follows a hybrid schedule with a Grand Rapids, MI office presence part of the week and remote collaboration for the remainder. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in IT leadership, scalable AI deployments, and proven success with Azure