AI Production Readiness Engineer

Camping World Holdings, Inc. • Lincolnshire, IL

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

Camping World Holdings is seeking an AI Production Readiness Engineer to bridge our current cloud and DevOps operations with our next-generation AI-powered development platform. This is an individual contributor role on the AI & Cloud Operations team — you’ll own the platform underpinning our DevOps practice (AKS, CI/CD, IaC, and operational excellence) while equally driving AI development pipeline strategy, MCP server infrastructure, and the modernization of our delivery toolchain and developing AI Agents using within various AI platforms such as Claude, Gemini, Sierra and DevRev. This is a hands-on role with DevOps experience, cloud knowledge and understanding of AI Agent development and deployment

Requirements

• Core Engineering Understanding and hands on full-stack fundamentals across at least one major frontend framework (React, Vue, Angular), backend API development, relational data modeling, and authentication systems
• Proficiency in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, and at least one additional backend language
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design, database schema design, and ORM patterns
• Experience with version control discipline, branching strategies, and code review processes
• AI Code Failure Pattern Recognition
• Ability to identify AI-generated code failure modes: hardcoded credentials, hallucinated libraries, flat schemas, checkbox tests, missing error handling, and over-reliance on happy-path logic
• Practical experience evaluating AI tool output for correctness, security, and production viability
• Ability to distinguish between AI tooling as an accelerant versus AI tooling compounding a problem
• Security & Production Standards
• Experience implementing or validating secure authentication flows (OAuth 2.0, JWT, session management)
• Understanding of CI/CD pipeline requirements, environment configuration, and secrets management
• Ability to evaluate test quality and replace AI-generated checkbox tests with coverage that reflects real production behavior
• Communication & Collaboration
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present technical findings to non-technical stakeholders
• Proven ability to work both independently and within cross-functional engineering teams
• Self-starter with strong problem-solving skills and a bias toward documentation and knowledge sharing
• Education & Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent professional experience considered
• 1+ years of full-stack software development experience
• 1+ years of hands-on experience with AI-augmented development tools in a professional context (Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or equivalent)
• 1+ years of experience in application security, code review, or production engineering disciplines
• Demonstrated experience identifying and remediating vulnerabilities in production codebases

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience building MCP servers or LLM tool-use integrations.
• Hands-on experience building agentic agents in Gemini/Vertex, OpenAI, Claude, or other AI Tools.
• Expertise in CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Kong, Kuma, or comparable API/service mesh tooling.
• Exposure to AI-assisted development platforms (Lovable, Cursor, Claude Code).
• Experience with monitoring and observability platforms (Dynatrace).

Responsibilities

• Production Readiness Assessment
• Code Remediation & Hardening
• Pattern Recognition & Knowledge Management
• Collaboration & Communication

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• 401(k)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Good Sam Roadside Assistance
• discounts
• paid parental leave (if eligibility is met)
• Tuition Reimbursement (if eligibility is met)
• on the job training opportunities
• medical
• dental
• vision

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees