Applied AI Associate

JumpOff•Sandy Springs, GA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Applied AI Associate works with clients to understand business problems and turn them into scoped AI use cases, then designs, builds, tests, and deploys practical solutions. Work includes data pipelines, LLM-based workflows, analytical tools, data analysis and validation, and resolving data quality issues. The associate presents recommendations to client stakeholders, documents solutions, and helps client teams adopt and operate them. The role is primarily hands-on building, includes substantial client work, and involves travel to client sites, including out-of-town travel up to about 30% of the time. The role offers exposure to AI-enabled business transformation across industries, frontier AI tooling and vendors, and client working sessions with owners, operators, and their teams. The associate works directly with the founder alongside strategists, builders, and operators. The role can develop toward running client work, shaping new offerings, or building something independently, based on demonstrated ownership.

Requirements

At least 3 years of experience in roles where rigor and output mattered, such as consulting, analytics, data science, solutions or forward-deployed engineering, product, or running a business.
Hands-on experience building with Python, SQL, and other tools, including retrieving data from APIs, reshaping it, and producing actionable outputs for non-technical users.
Experience using LLMs inside a pipeline and building evaluations and continuous improvement loops.
Ability to recognize when data is incorrect.
Ability to explain work clearly in writing and in person to people who do not need technical implementation details.
Demonstrated follow-through without needing to be chased.
Ability to navigate ambiguity independently.
Low-ego, high-agency approach.
Discretion when handling client data and firm-level information.
Based in Atlanta and able to work from the Sandy Springs office, with client travel.
Eligible to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in or alongside private equity, portfolio operations, or owner-led companies.
Experience in a customer-facing technical role, such as solutions, implementation, or forward-deployed engineering.
Experience starting something from zero, such as a company, function, or product.

Responsibilities

Work with clients to understand business problems and turn them into scoped AI use cases.
Design, build, test, and deploy AI solutions, including data pipelines, LLM-based workflows, and analytical tools.
Analyze and validate client data and find and resolve data quality issues.
Present work and recommendations to client stakeholders, both in person and remotely.
Document solutions and support client teams as they adopt and operate them.
Travel to client sites, including out-of-town travel up to about 30% of the time.
Perform other duties as assigned.