Artificial Intelligence (AI) Developer

Carhartt • Dearborn, MI

2d • Remote

About The Position

The AI Developer will support Carhartt’s AI initiatives by designing and deploying intelligent systems that turn business needs into scalable, production-ready solutions. Partnering closely with engineers, business leaders and product owners, this role helps identify and apply the right AI approach, from automation and generative models to predictive and decision-support systems, to drive measurable business outcomes. Inspired by Hard Work At Carhartt, the values of hard work—dependability, honesty, and trust—are rooted in the legacy of our founder, Hamilton Carhartt. His commitment to serving hardworking people continues to inspire everything we do. Guided by his legacy and our mission—We serve and protect all hardworking people by building durable products—we remain dedicated to upholding these principles in every decision we make and every product we create.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2+ years’ experience in and solid knowledge of analytics and data mining techniques inclusive of:
• 1+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying enterprise-grade agentic applications (e.g., using CrewAI, LangGraph, LangChain)
• Analytics experience with working knowledge of machine learning programming principals and techniques
• LLMs: Expertise in prompting and configuring LLMs, specifically utilizing Function Calling and Context Caching
• Experience with integrating LLMs into platform and application workflow, experience with MCP protocols
• RAG/Embeddings: experience in design and implementation of RAG based system using embeddings and vector databases
• Basic business and data knowledge with an aptitude of curiosity and increased learning
• Experience with software engineering principles and at least one general programming language such as Python, C/C++, etc.
• Experience developing business-facing conceptual and architectural diagrams to communicate AI system design, data flows, and decision logic to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Positive, can-do attitude; ability to be flexible and open to changes in requirements, directions or circumstances
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team, and with all types of technical and non-technical partners

Responsibilities

• Perform exploratory data analysis (EDA) to assess data quality, feasibility, and signal prior to model or system development.
• Identify the right AI, analytics, or automation approach to meet specific business needs.
• Build, test, and validate AI systems, selecting the most effective models, tools, and architectures.
• Document end-to-end solutions, including technical design, implementation details, and business-facing overviews in shared repositories.
• Partner directly with end users to lead discovery, define requirements, and ensure solutions are adopted, understood, and drive measurable value, supported by regular demos and release reviews.
• Manage AI project workflows, coordinating dependencies across internal and external teams to keep delivery on track and aligned to milestones.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level