Sr. Associate, AI Engineer

SC Johnson•Racine, WI

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

SC Johnson has been leading with purpose for 140 years, building high-quality products and iconic brands found in homes, schools and businesses in virtually every country worldwide – including OFF!®, Raid®, Glade®, Windex®, Scrubbing Bubbles®, Ziploc®, Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day®, method®, Autan®, Baygon®, Mr Muscle®, Duck®, Lysoform® and more. The 13,000 people of our global, fifth-generation family company are committed to making the world a better place today and for future generations. We're looking for a Sr. Associate, AI Engineer to build AI-powered applications, workflows and prototypes and shape the future of work at SCJ. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys technical hands-on work with AI models, coding assistants, agentic workflows, and new developer tools. You'll work alongside experienced AI engineers to prototype new ideas, build AI-powered applications, and bring innovative capabilities into production for use across the enterprise. Whether you've built AI projects through work, coursework, internships, hackathons, open-source contributions, or personal side projects, we want to hear from you.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
2+ years of software engineering or AI-related experience.
Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship for full-time employment.

Nice To Haves

Building AI prototypes, pilots, AI hackathon projects.
Strong programming skills in Python or a similar programming language.
Understanding of software engineering fundamentals, APIs, and version control.
Experience with prompt engineering and working with Large Language Models (LLMs).
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Understanding of LLM concepts such as prompting, retrieval, tool calling, and agentic workflows.
Experience with Git and collaborative software development.
Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, or similar.
Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud) or modern AI frameworks is a plus.

Responsibilities

Build AI-powered applications, workflows, and prototypes.
Develop prompts, AI agents, skills, and automation solutions to solve business problems.
Evaluate new AI models, frameworks, and developer tools.
Write clean, maintainable code using modern software engineering practices.
Collaborate with engineers, product teams, and business stakeholders.
Contribute reusable components and help improve our AI engineering practices.
Continuously learn and share knowledge about emerging AI technologies.