Applied AI Developer

Rockstar

8d•Remote

About The Position

Rockstar is recruiting for a national natural food & beverage brokerage dedicated to an ethically valued business that positively impacts people, community, and the industry. Their team is driven by the desire to transform the retail landscape while infusing passion, integrity, and transparency. They are committed to building meaningful partnerships that will reshape the future of foods available in the marketplace. The AI Developer / AI Integration Engineer will be responsible for designing, building, and deploying AI-powered solutions across the company. This role bridges modern artificial intelligence capabilities with existing technology platforms — driving operational efficiency, enabling smarter workflows, and shaping how AI is applied across the organization. The ideal candidate is AI-native, a solid developer, and a systems thinker.

Requirements

AI-Native Mindset: Deep familiarity with LLMs, prompt engineering, agents, tool use, and AI orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, etc.)
Solid Development Foundation: Proficiency in Python and/or JavaScript. Comfortable building APIs, working with databases, and deploying to cloud environments as well as front end experience. Node JS, React.
Integration Experience: Track record connecting disparate systems via APIs, webhooks, or middleware.
Platform Sensibility: Understands how internal tools and operational platforms are built and scaled. Can contribute to product thinking, not just feature execution
Cross-Functional Communicator: Can translate AI concepts for non-technical stakeholders and gather real requirements from business teams

Nice To Haves

Experience with Airtable, Zapier, Make, or similar platforms is a plus

Responsibilities

Design and deploy AI-powered workflows and automation across internal systems
Integrate LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) into operational platforms and internal tooling, with examples including: Airtable Scripting & AI Automation, Microsoft 365 / Power Platform AI Enhancements, Custom Agent & RAG Pipeline Development
Build and maintain custom AI agents, automation pipelines, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems
Own the bridge between AI capabilities and the existing technology stack
Evaluate and prototype emerging AI tools for business relevance and operational fit
Collaborate with operations, sales, and leadership teams to identify and prioritize AI opportunities
Contribute to platform development features and maintain clean, well-documented code
Translate AI capabilities for non-technical stakeholders and gather real requirements from business teams
Maintain a running roadmap of AI enhancements tied to business goals and project timelines
Consistently exemplify established best practices, serving as the internal subject matter expert on applied AI
Provide team or company-wide AI training and education where applicable.
Create & manage technical documentation for all AI systems, integrations, and workflows.