Location:
Remote
Virtual, work-from-home position. Work anywhere in the US, must live in the US
ABOUT THE COMPANY
A leader in online education, Continued is composed of passionate individuals dedicated to empowering professionals, enhancing careers, strengthening teams. We are fast-paced, nimble, and laugh a lot. We all work from home offices in various locations across the country. We are dynamic, engaged, highly motivated, and highly skilled. We are passionate about our work and our professions and we’re looking for another team member to join our cause. We are certified as a great workplace, ranked #35 in Fortune's 2025 Best Medium Workplaces, ranked #18 in Fortune's 2025 top 25 Small & Medium Workplaces for Women, and ranked #74 in Fortune’s 2024 Best Small & Medium Workplaces for Millennials by the independent analysts at Great Place to Work®.
Learn more about us at continued.com and parent company lacallegroup.com.
ABOUT THE TEAM
The Data, AI & Automation (DAIA) team is a dedicated team of passionate individuals responsible for leveraging high-quality data and artificial intelligence to design, build, and deploy automated systems that drive efficiency, deliver new insights, and create business value. Though we are virtual and scattered across the country, we communicate frequently, have a tight-knit team, and support one another across roles and projects. We are driven by endless curiosity, a love of learning, and a desire to solve problems.
ABOUT THE POSITION
We are seeking an experienced AI Engineer who is motivated, creative, and personable to join our dynamic team. This role requires a strong combination of technical expertise—particularly in software and AI—and real-world experience in building and deploying AI-powered systems. The ideal candidate will be focused on ensuring that technical AI solutions solve real-world problems and deliver measurable business outcomes. The AI Engineer will be responsible for moving models out of a notebook environment and integrating them into a live, scalable, and monitored system.The AI Engineer will collaborate closely with other engineers and the broader DAIA team to operationalize machine learning and generative AI models at enterprise scale.
This role will also help define best practices and guidelines for engineering teams.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Partner with stakeholders across the organization to identify and prioritize opportunities for leveraging AI & Automation
- Design, develop, and support AI & Automation systems that drive measurable business impact
- Design, build, and maintain scalable infrastructure, including frontend interfaces and backend services
- Create data pipelines and AI model context protocols, potentially leveraging tools like LangChain and semantic search
- Ensure the high availability, performance, and security of AI platform services
- Contribute to platform extensibility by authoring SDKs and comprehensive documentation
- Translate highly technical AI concepts to non-technical stakeholders to ensure alignment with business goals
- Stay current with new models, frameworks, and research in the rapidly evolving field of AI/Generative AI
REQUIREMENTS
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in Software Engineering, Data Engineering, or Data Science with at least 2 years of experience working with large language models.
- Technical Skills:
- Demonstrated ability to design, develop, and deploy machine learning and Generative AI solutions at scale
- Proficiency in Python data manipulation and analysis libraries such as NumPy, Pandas and Scikit-learn
- Strong engineering fundamentals (OOP, data structures, algorithms, clean/testable code) for building production-ready applications
- Strong knowledge of SQL and experience with data warehousing, data wrangling, preprocessing, and building data pipelines
- Experience with building AI tooling and frameworks, such as Cortex, OpenAI API, Anthropic API, LangChain, semantic search, and vector databases
- Familiarity with automation software (e.g. Zapier, UiPath, Gumloop)
- Familiarity with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and agent frameworks such as LangChain, PydanticAI or n8n
- Experience building applications using AWS services and infrastructure. AWS Bedrock and Sagemaker a plus
- Strong communication skills with the ability to convey complex information to non-technical audiences
- Ability to think strategically about how AI solutions can create value and deliver business outcomes
- Ability to work in a remote-first, fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Preferred by Not Required:
- Familiarity with database modeling and management (Postgres, Redis)
- Experience with full-stack development, including frontend (React, TypeScript, Next.js) and backend services (Python/FastAPI or Node.js).
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Can work a full-time W2 position on core U.S. business hours in your time zone
- Ability to fulfill the job requirements with or without reasonable accommodations
- Must be located in the United States and be legally eligible to work for us
- Travel is required for an all-company meeting, and may be required once or twice per year for team or project meetings
- Occasional after-hours/on-call for emergency support and special events (generally less than four times per year)
We prefer an excited candidate with a great attitude and less experience to an unmotivated or unengaged candidate with tons of experience.
BENEFITS
- We offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision group health insurance, flexible spending accounts, accident insurance, and more
- We offer 21 days of paid time off per year as well as your birthday and national holidays and observances (you may substitute any of the standard holidays for another public holiday such as bank/school or other regional or religious holidays)
- We offer a 401k match, professional development, charitable gift matching, robust wellness programs, and more
- Work from your home office
- Company-provided MacBook Pro, Internet stipend, etc
TO APPLY
To apply, please submit a cover letter with your application. In your cover letter, we’d love to hear about: 1) why you would make a great addition to our team, and 2) about a book you’ve read or video you’ve watched from which you learned something new or interesting.