Junior AI Engineer

Accel Entertainment • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

SUMMARY We are seeking a Junior AI Engineer to support the hands-on execution of AI and data-driven projects across the organization. This role is designed for early-career engineers who are eager to learn, experiment, and build real-world AI solutions under the mentorship of senior team members. The ideal candidate has a solid academic foundation, strong curiosity, and the ability to turn guidance into working code, models, and components that contribute to our AI ecosystem.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI/ML, or related field
• 0–2 years of experience in AI engineering, machine learning, software development, or academic/portfolio projects
• Foundational Python skills with exposure to ML workflows
• Familiarity with ML frameworks such as scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Hugging Face
• Understanding of basic data engineering concepts including ETL, notebooks, SQL, and data pipelines
• Strong willingness to learn, ask questions, and iterate based on feedback
• Ability to communicate technical findings clearly

Nice To Haves

• Student projects involving vector search, RAG, or LLMs
• Exposure to Azure or cloud environments through coursework, labs, or internships
• Exposure to CI/CD concepts or version control workflows

Responsibilities

• Assist in building and testing machine learning models under direction from senior engineers
• Prepare datasets, perform feature engineering, and contribute to model evaluation
• Implement Python scripts, notebooks, and small services used in AI workflows
• Support development of RAG pipelines, embeddings, and proof-of-concept AI agents
• Document processes, experiments, and code to support team knowledge sharing
• Follow established patterns, governance rules, and coding standards
• Help troubleshoot issues in model performance, data quality, or pipeline reliability
• Support deployment tasks such as packaging code, updating configurations, and validating releases
• Collaborate with engineering and business teams to understand requirements and turn them into actionable tasks
• Assist with integration testing for APIs and systems interacting with AI components

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life, AD&D, critical illness, and hospital insurance
• short and long-term disability
• identity/legal protection
• FSA and HSA accounts
• traditional and/or Roth 401(k) plans
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers counseling for a multitude of topics including (but not limited to) mental health, finances, adult care, disability, and grief

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees