Sr AI Application Developer

Rite-Hite Company LLC; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Well-being program with extra day off

401(k) with company match and profit分享

Paid holidays, vacation, personal/sick

Job summary

Rite-Hite in the United States is seeking a highly skilled AI/Full‑Stack Engineer to design and deploy AI-powered enterprise applications. You will build LLM‑driven solutions, develop RAG pipelines, and orchestrate AI agents across Salesforce, ERP, and data lakes.

You will mentor peers, implement guardrails, ensure data privacy, and optimize production systems with monitoring and logging. Strong Python, cloud, and API integration experience are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full stack development experience.
• Strong software engineering background with production-grade apps.
• Hands-on with large language model platforms (OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.).
• Practical experience building RAG pipelines with vector databases.
• Experience with prompt engineering, versioning, and evaluation.
• Solid Python for AI development and REST API integration.
• Cloud experience (AWS/Azure), deployment, scaling, security concepts.
• Familiar with JSON/XML and document-based data.
• Ability to translate business problems into AI-driven solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and build AI-powered applications using LLMs for enterprise use cases.
• Develop RAG solutions using structured and unstructured data such as docs, tickets, ERP data.
• Build AI agents that reason, plan, and interact with tools, APIs, and workflows.
• Implement guardrails for AI systems including prompt safety and data protection.
• Work with multimodal models (text, image, video) for analysis and optimization.
• Integrate AI with Salesforce, ERP, data lakes, APIs, and internal apps.
• Partner with security/compliance for responsible AI usage and governance.
• Prototype quickly, then harden for production with monitoring and logging.
• Mentor and upskill developers on AI concepts and best practices.

Skills

Full stack development

LLM platforms

RAG pipelines

Python

REST APIs & microservices

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

Data formats JSON/XML

AI problem translation

Tools

Pinecone

FAISS

Weaviate

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Semantic Kernel

Job description

Overview

At Rite-Hite, your work makes an impact. As the global leader in loading dock and door equipment, we design and deliver solutions that keep our customers safe, secure, and productive.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and build AI‑powered applications using Large Language Models for enterprise use cases.


• Develop Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions using structured and unstructured enterprise data such as documents, manuals, tickets, ERP data, and knowledge bases.


• Build and orchestrate AI agents that can reason, plan, and interact with tools, APIs, and workflows.


• Implement guardrails for AI systems including prompt safety, data protection, hallucination mitigation, access control, and output validation.


• Work with multimodal AI models including text, image, and video use cases such as video analysis, summarization, and optimization.


• Integrate AI solutions with existing enterprise systems such as Salesforce, ERP platforms, data lakes, APIs, and internal applications.


• Partner with security and compliance teams to ensure responsible AI usage, data privacy, and governance.


• Prototype quickly, then harden solutions for production with monitoring, logging, evaluation, and performance optimization.


• Mentor and upskill existing developers on AI concepts, patterns, and best practices.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of full stack development experience.


• Strong software engineering background with experience building production‑grade applications.


• Hands‑on experience with modern LLM platforms such as OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar.


• Practical experience building RAG pipelines using vector databases and embedding models.


• Experience with prompt engineering, prompt versioning, and evaluation techniques.


• Solid Python experience for AI development.


• Experience integrating AI services with REST APIs, microservices, and cloud‑native architectures.


• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure, including deployment, scaling, and security concepts.


• Understanding of data formats such as JSON, XML, and document‑based data.


• Ability to translate business problems into AI‑driven technical solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with vector databases such as Pinecone, FAISS, Weaviate, or similar.


• Familiarity with frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, or equivalent orchestration tools.


• Experience implementing AI safety controls, policy enforcement, and evaluation frameworks.


• Exposure to video or image models and multimodal AI use cases.


• Experience working in enterprise environments with security, compliance, and change management considerations.


• Prior experience mentoring or leading developers in new technical domains.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus life and disability insurance.


• A robust well‑being program with an opportunity to receive an extra day off and more.


• A strong retirement savings program with 401(k), company match, and profit sharing.


• Paid holidays, vacation time, and personal/sick days each year.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Rite‑Hite is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. In accordance with VEVRAA, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for protected veterans. We are also committed to maintaining a drug‑free workplace for the safety of our employees and customers.