AI Engineer

About EAB

At EAB, our mission is to make education smarter and our communities stronger. We work with more than 2,800 institutions to drive transformative change through data-driven insights and best-in-class capabilities. From kindergarten to college to career, EAB partners with leaders and practitioners to accelerate progress and drive results across enrollment, student success, institutional strategy, data analytics, and advancement. We work with each partner differently, tailoring our portfolio of research, technology, and marketing and enrollment solutions to meet the unique needs of every leadership team, as well as the students and employees they serve.

At EAB, we serve not only our partner institutions but each other-that's why we are always working to make sure our employees love their jobs and are invested in their communities. See how we've been recognized for this dedication to our employees by checking out our recent awards.

For more information, visit our Careers page.

The Role in Brief:

AI Engineer

EAB is seeking experienced data scientists of diverse talents and interests to help grow our industry-leading software platform's artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities. Whether you are by nature a researcher with a quantitative bent interested in tackling some of the most impactful questions in the social sciences, or a software engineer who wants to build a world-class AI platform, you can carve out a place for yourself on our team. We are a team working to discover, build, and scale AI/LLM solutions that help colleges and universities support their students from the application phase to graduation and beyond in a positive, inquisitive, and collaborative environment.

This position is open to remote employment within the continental United States.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with AI engineers and software engineers to integrate AI into production software systems
• Build internal tools for AI and analytics workflows
• Manage data processing pipelines for integrating terabyte-scale data from multiple sources into our AI applications
• Write Python code using current best practices
• Coordinate with product managers, software engineers, and customer-facing teams on product roadmap and enhancements

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field, or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of professional experience in a technical development role
• Experience building AI applications and integrations
• Experience creating RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) workflows
• Experience with vector databases/embeddings
• Demonstrated proficiency in Python
• Familiarity with AWS environments (EC2, S3, Lambda)
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with both technical and non-technical team members
• Conscientious, curious, dedicated, and quality-focused

Ideal Qualifications:

• Multiple demonstrated projects building AI applications, personal or work related
• Deep understanding of RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) workflows
• Professional experience with software engineering, data warehousing, Linux systems
• Experience with AWS Bedrock
• Commitment to embracing a continual learning environment and contributing to a dynamic and welcoming culture of fairness, authenticity, and belonging in support of EAB's mission, values, and aspiration.

If you've reached this section of the job description and are unsure of whether to apply, please do! At EAB, we welcome new perspectives and learn from each other's unique experiences. We would encourage you to submit an application if this is a role you would be passionate about doing every day.

Compensation:

The anticipated starting salary (base) range for this role is $76,500 - $109,000 per year. Actual salary varies due to factors that may include but not be limited to relevant experience, skills, and location. At EAB, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the starting salary range for their role.

This hire will additionally be eligible for discretionary bonus or incentive compensation. Variable compensation may depend on various factors, such as individual and organizational performance.

Benefits:

Consistent with our belief that our employees are our most valuable resource, EAB offers a competitive and inclusive benefits package. Our benefits currently include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans; dependents and domestic partners eligible
• 20+ days of PTO annually, in addition to paid firm and floating holidays
• Daytime leave policy for community service and flextime for fitness activities (up to 10 hours per month each)
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with annual discretionary company matching contribution
• Health savings account, healthcare and dependent care flexible spending account, and pre-tax commuter plans
• Employee assistance program with counseling services and resources available to all employees and immediate family
• Wellness programs including gym discounts, incentives to promote healthy living, and family access to the leading app for sleep, meditation, and relaxation
• Fertility treatment coverage and adoption or surrogacy assistance
• Paid parental leave with phase back to work program for birthing and non-birthing parents
• Access to milk shipping service to support nursing employees during business travel
• Discounted pet health insurance coverage for dog and cat family members
• Company-provided life, AD&D, and disability insurance
• Financial wellness resources and membership in a robust employee discount program
• Access to employee resource groups, merit-based advancement, and dynamic professional growth opportunities

Benefits kick in day one; learn more at eab.com/careers/benefits.

At EAB, we believe that to fulfill our mission to "make education smarter and our communities stronger" we need team members who bring a diversity of perspectives to the table and are committed to fostering a workplace where each team member is valued, respected and heard.

To that end, EAB is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we make employment decisions on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. We don't discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.