
Applied AI Engineer at Hibu
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United StatesFull-timeITPosted 23 days ago
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<p><span class="TextRun SCXW209630332 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209630332 BCX0">The Applied AI Engineer is a hands-on technical role responsible for rapidly prototyping and validating GenAI, Agentic AI, and ML-powered solutions across H</span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW209630332 BCX0">ibu’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209630332 BCX0"> business units. Based in the central AI/Enterprise Architecture team and deployed on rotational engagements with Sales</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209630332 BCX0"> & </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209630332 BCX0">Marketing, Operations</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209630332 BCX0">, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209630332 BCX0">and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209630332 BCX0">Product teams, this role translates business problems into working AI proof-of-concepts within weeks, not months. The Applied AI Engineer works primarily at the AI platform integration layer—orchestrating foundation models via AWS Bedrock, building agentic workflows with MCP (Model Context Protocol), designing prompt systems, and wiring AI capabilities into enterprise platforms such as Salesforce. Once a POC is </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209630332 BCX0">validated</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209630332 BCX0">, this role pairs with the receiving engineering team to transition the solution into production. The position requires equal comfort writing production-quality code, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209630332 BCX0">facilitating</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209630332 BCX0"> business stakeholder workshops, and navigating ambiguity in rapidly evolving AI technology landscapes.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW209630332 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Primary Responsibilities:</strong></span></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto"> Partners with business and engineering teams to identify high-value AI use cases and translate them into scoped proof-of-concept projects</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"> Rapidly builds and iterates on GenAI and Agentic AI prototypes—targeting POC delivery in 2–4 weeks—using foundation models, prompt engineering, and agentic orchestration patterns</span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"> Designs and implements agentic AI workflows leveraging Model Context Protocol (MCP) for enterprise integrations with Salesforce, marketing automation systems, customer data platforms, and internal tools</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"> Builds on Hibu’s AI platform stack including AWS Bedrock, Claude/GPT model orchestration, prompt system design, RAG pipelines, and API-first integration patterns</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"> Pairs with receiving engineering teams (2–3 sprints) to transition validated POCs into production, including architecture documentation, pair-coding sessions, and knowledge transfer</span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"> Evaluates emerging AI technologies, frameworks, and tools (e.g., AWS Strands Agents, LangGraph, CrewAI) and recommends adoption based on feasibility, cost, and alignment with Hibu’s platform strategy</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"> Creates concise POC documentation including solution architecture, prompt designs, integration patterns, success criteria, and transition plans for engineering handoff</span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"> Presents POC results, demos, and recommendations to both technical and business audiences, translating AI capabilities into business value language</span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"> Contributes learnings, reusable components, and best practices to Hibu’s AI & Automation Hub and internal knowledge base</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"> Adheres to AI governance guidelines, responsible AI practices, data privacy protocols, and security standards (OWASP LLM Top 10, NIST AI RMF) during all prototyping and integration work</span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"> Stays current with AI/ML trends through continuous learning, experimentation, and active engagement with foundation model releases, agentic AI developments, and enterprise AI integration patterns</span></li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Competencies & Critical Skills:</span></strong></span></p>
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<li> Production-level proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript with ability to rapidly prototype and ship working AI applications<span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"> Hands-on experience building LLM applications: prompt engineering at system level, RAG pipelines, agentic workflows (LangChain, LangGraph, or equivalent frameworks)</span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"> Strong working knowledge of foundation models (Claude, GPT, Gemini) and their enterprise integration patterns</span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"> Experience with cloud AI platforms (AWS Bedrock preferred; Azure AI or Google Vertex AI acceptable) and API orchestration</span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"> Understanding of Model Context Protocol (MCP) or similar AI-system integration patterns (tool use, function calling, agent-to-service communication)</span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Strong communication skills with ability to run business stakeholder discovery sessions, present POC demos, and explain AI tradeoffs without jargon</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"> Comfort with ambiguity—can walk into a new business team, listen to unstructured problems, and define a scoped POC independently</span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"> Strong handoff discipline—documents architecture decisions, writes transition guides, and pairs effectively with receiving engineering teams</span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto"> Innovative mindset with ability to experiment quickly, fail fast, and iterate toward effective AI-native solutions</span></li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Experience and Qualifications:</strong></span><strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Required/ Preferred:</span></strong></p>
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<li><span class="TextRun SCXW86179549 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW86179549 BCX0">Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW86179549 BCX0">, Software Engineering, AI/ML, or related field</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW86179549 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> Required</span></li>
<li><span class="TextRun SCXW124080444 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW124080444 BCX0">5–8 years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years focused on AI/ML application development</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW124080444 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> <span class="EOP SCXW86179549 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}">Required</span></span></li>
<li><span class="TextRun SCXW227959219 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW227959219 BCX0">Hands-on experience building LLM-powered applications (RAG, prompt engineering, agentic workflows) shipped to real users or business stakeholders</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW227959219 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> <span class="EOP SCXW86179549 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}">Required</span></span></li>
<li><span class="TextRun SCXW242960696 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242960696 BCX0">Production-level </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242960696 BCX0">proficiency</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW242960696 BCX0"> in Python and/or TypeScript for rapid prototyping and application development</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW242960696 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> <span class="EOP SCXW86179549 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}">Required</span></span></li>
<li><span class="TextRun SCXW10003396 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW10003396 BCX0">Experience with cloud AI platforms (AWS Bedrock preferred; SageMaker, Azure AI, or Vertex AI acceptable)</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW10003396 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> <span class="EOP SCXW86179549 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}">Required</span></span></li>
<li><span class="TextRun SCXW86462281 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW86462281 BCX0">Strong API integration skills (REST, webhooks, MCP or similar agent-to-service patterns)</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW86462281 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> <span class="EOP SCXW86179549 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}">Required</span></span></li>
<li><span class="EOP SCXW86462281 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"><span class="TextRun SCXW29788126 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW29788126 BCX0">Experience with agentic AI frameworks</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW29788126 BCX0">/platforms</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW29788126 BCX0"> (</span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW29788126 BCX0">LangChain</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW29788126 BCX0">, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW29788126 BCX0">LangGraph</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW29788126 BCX0">, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW29788126 BCX0">CrewAI</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW29788126 BCX0">, AWS Strands Agents, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW29788126 BCX0">Claude Managed Agents, AWS </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW29788126 BCX0">Agentcore</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW29788126 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW29788126 BCX0">or equivalent)</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW29788126 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> <span class="EOP SCXW86179549 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}">Required</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="EOP SCXW86462281 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"><span class="TextRun SCXW260398156 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW260398156 BCX0">Salesforce ecosystem familiarity and CRM integration experience</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW260398156 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> <span class="EOP SCXW86179549 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}">Preferred</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="EOP SCXW86462281 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"><span class="TextRun SCXW50715925 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50715925 BCX0">Familiarity with AI evaluation frameworks, prompt testing, and LLM output quality assurance</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW50715925 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> <span class="EOP SCXW260398156 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"><span class="EOP SCXW86179549 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}">Preferred</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="EOP SCXW86462281 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"><span class="TextRun SCXW219442712 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW219442712 BCX0">Experience in digital marketing technology, SMB SaaS platforms, or sales/marketing operations</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW219442712 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> <span class="EOP SCXW260398156 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"><span class="EOP SCXW86179549 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}">Preferred</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="EOP SCXW86462281 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"><span class="TextRun SCXW243546591 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243546591 BCX0">Demonstrated ability to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243546591 BCX0">facilitate</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243546591 BCX0"> business discovery sessions and present POC demos to non-technical stakeholders</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW243546591 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> <span class="EOP SCXW86179549 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}">Required</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="EOP SCXW86462281 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"><span class="TextRun SCXW198160460 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW198160460 BCX0">Experience pairing with engineering teams to transition prototypes into production systems</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW198160460 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> <span class="EOP SCXW86179549 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}">Required</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="EOP SCXW86462281 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"><span class="TextRun SCXW170136382 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW170136382 BCX0">Experience with AI-DLC</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW170136382 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> <span class="EOP SCXW260398156 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"><span class="EOP SCXW86179549 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}">Preferred</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="EOP SCXW86462281 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"><span class="TextRun SCXW153434892 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW153434892 BCX0">Agile Scrum</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW153434892 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> <span class="EOP SCXW86179549 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}">Required</span></span></span></li>
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