As a Staff Software Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

• Strategy & Architecture: Collaborate with Architecture, Product, and Business stakeholders to define REI's Agentic AI strategy and roadmap, translating business objectives into scalable, actionable initiatives.
• Technical Leadership: Lead and support the team to design, develop, implement, document, and maintain features, applications, or system components, within the core AI platforms.
• Mentorship & Best Practices: Enliven the AI COE by demonstrating coding standards, model evaluation methodologies, responsible AI guidelines, and MLOps practices.
• Cross-Functional Influence: Collaborate with Product, Merchandising, Marketing, Retail and Operations to identify high-impact use cases and drive successful pilot programs and widespread adoption of AI solutions.
• Reliability: Participate in 24/7 incident response for AI systems, ensuring reliability and performance.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of software engineering experience, with history of building AI/ML systems.
• Experience with AI/ML frameworks and libraries such as TensorFlow and PyTorch.
• Proficiency in Java and Spring frameworks
• Proficiency in Python, with a strong understanding of the full machine learning lifecycle, from data engineering to model deployment.
• Experience with CI/CD for ML (MLOps), including tools like MLflow, Kubeflow, or Argo.
• Experience with cloud-based AI platforms (e.g., AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, GCP Vertex AI).
• A strong grasp of AI ethics, fairness, and interpretability.
• Experience contributing to AI projects in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and strategically.
• Strong communication and leadership skills with a proven ability to influence and mentor teams.