AI Engineer

AI Engineer

Location: Oak Brook, IL (Hybrid, 3 days/week) | Contract-to-Hire

Please do not apply unless you are a self-starter and quick learner who takes ownership of your work.

Overview

Our client is seeking an AI Engineer to design, build, and continuously evolve enterprise-grade applications across a low-code/no-code and automation platform stack. You will build AI capability into applications and workflows and use AI coding tools to deliver more than traditional development allows. This is a product ownership role, not a project execution role.

Responsibilities

• Own a product's roadmap, adoption, iteration cycle, and long-term health beyond initial go-live
• Operate within Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban): sprint planning, backlog grooming, stand-ups, and retrospectives; break large initiatives into shippable increments
• Proactively identify gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities, then develop solutions, gather feedback, and drive them to completion with minimal oversight
• Serve as a change agent, championing automation and digital adoption and driving process modernization across teams
• Design, develop, maintain, and optimize low-code/no-code business applications, workflow automations, and integrations across enterprise systems
• Perform data modeling, ETL/data migration, troubleshooting, and system optimization to ensure performance, reliability, and data integrity
• Document technical solutions and keep expanding expertise in emerging platforms, integration methods, and automation technologies
• Apply AI and automation technologies to business applications and workflows, using sound judgment about complexity and risk
• Evaluate and prototype with AI platforms and frameworks (e.g., Microsoft Copilot Studio, LLM APIs, agent frameworks)
• Use AI coding assistants and agentic developer tools (e.g., Claude Code, Copilot Studio, GitHub Copilot) to move faster and explore unfamiliar platforms

Required Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience in application development or process automation
• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL
• Self-starter, quick learner, and ownership mindset

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Quickbase and Microsoft Power Automate
• Experience with RPA, AI agents, or SAP integrations
• Nice to have: SAP

Pay rate: $70-75/hr. This is a 4-6 month contract-to-hire position, hybrid (3 days/week onsite) in Oak Brook, IL. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.