Permian Resources
Permian Resources

AI Engineer

Midland, TX, US • Posted 4 days ago • Updated 8 hours ago
Full Time
On-site
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Job Details

Skills

  • Public Relations
  • Reporting
  • Leadership
  • Ontologies
  • Machine Learning (ML)
  • Machine Learning Operations (ML Ops)
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Data Engineering
  • Real-time
  • Prototyping
  • IT Management
  • Management
  • Orchestration
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Cloud Computing
  • Databricks
  • Computer Science
  • Data Science
  • Use Cases
  • Business Cases
  • Investments
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Documentation

Summary

Job Description:

Permian Resources (NYSE: PR) is currently seeking an AI Engineer in Midland, TX reporting to the Head of AI. This is a hands-on leadership role: from day one, the AI Engineer architects and delivers production AI systems directly, while also shaping how the company's AI function grows and operates over time.

General Responsibilities
  • Own hands-on architecture and delivery of production AI systems from day one, with full platform access across the company's AI and data environment.
  • Define and shape the AI function's next roles, starting with a Knowledge Engineer who owns ontology control and a future ML Engineer who owns MLOps and monitoring for AI models and agents, rather than inheriting fixed job descriptions.
  • Build and lead a small, high-leverage team over time, or operate with broad authority across a team built around the role: the growth path is intentionally flexible and shaped by the person in it.
  • Extend influence beyond direct reports through a hub-and-spoke model, setting how AI systems integrate, operate, and improve across the broader organization.
  • Own the full lifecycle of models and agents in production, from methodology selection through validation, orchestration, safety controls, and ongoing performance monitoring.
  • Shape the company's build-versus-buy strategy for AI: a mix today that shifts toward in-house build over time, with partners where it makes sense, and with anything currently sourced externally subject to future review for whether it should be built in-house instead.
  • Contribute to a shared data and AI layer strategy: an integrated system that gives the company a single, connected way to act on its data, built on top of its existing Azure Databricks foundation.
  • Retain decision authority over AI work executed by outside consultants or systems integrators, so the company directs the work rather than simply receiving it.
  • Partner closely with the company's data engineering team as it modernizes its data platform, moving from static tables toward real-time data products, providing requirements and design input without owning that team's pipelines.

Required Qualifications
  • Proven, hands-on experience building AI and data applications from the ground up and taking them into production, not just prototyping.
  • Demonstrated ability to evaluate and adopt new AI technologies and platforms as the field evolves, translating them into working systems.
  • Comfort operating as a hands-on technical lead while also leading and developing a team, with experience managing groups ranging from a handful of people to a dozen or more.
  • Working knowledge of the full lifecycle of deploying models and AI agents into production, including validation, orchestration, safety controls, and performance monitoring.
  • Experience working with cloud data platforms such as Databricks and unifying data from multiple operational sources for use in AI systems.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience delivering high-value AI use cases within the Oil & Gas industry.
  • Experience building the business case for AI investments, including articulating expected value and return to non-technical executive stakeholders.
  • Experience establishing responsible-AI practices, including documentation standards, human oversight, and monitoring and guardrails for models and agents running in production.
  • Experience standing up or scaling a technical function from a small team into a larger one over time.
  • Domain exposure to upstream oil and gas or another asset-intensive, industrial sector, or comparable comfort operating in a highly regulated, data-rich physical-operations environment.

Permian Resource is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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  • Dice Id: 80184893
  • Position Id: 35a5831e2d98a23dff37e218ef7bbbf7
  • Posted 4 days ago
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