Description
American Credit Acceptance will not provide sponsorship for employment-based visas or immigration benefits for this position. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring immigration sponsorship now or in the future.
This role is designed for local college students able to work onsite a few hours a week.
Summary
Are you obsessed with solving business problems that have a real positive impact on our customers and company? We are an AI-first engineering shop, leveraging AI tools to solve business problems. As an entry-level Data Engineer, you will be the pilot driving AI tools for code generation, peer reviews, security scanning, quality assurance and production support. Your primary responsibility is not to hand-write code all day, but to serve as the skilled, human-in-the-cockpit ensuring AI-generated products correct, secure, performant, and solves the most important, impactful business problems.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodation may be provided for individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions
Priority #1 is knowing our business. You will be provided with extensive training on our business and then be expected to take the initiative to maintain and grow this knowledge.
You will then use your business knowledge to unleash your internal entrepreneur to identify, understand and solve business problems.
You will solve business problems by building AI-generated solutions:
Collaborate closely with business partners to turn requirements into precise prompt and acceptance criteria
Prompt, review, debug, and validate AI-generated code with minimal supervision
Expertly prompt and iterate with AI coding tools to produce high-quality solutions
Perform code reviews on AI-generated and human-written pull requests
Prompt and maintain unit, integration, and end-to-end tests
Identify bugs, security issues, performance problems, or architectural mismatches in AI output and either fix them or re-prompt effectively
After you launch the solution, you will constantly circle back with the business to see if the solution is solving the problem and rapidly iterate through changes to improve the effectiveness of the solution.
You may do this in a team setting with other engineers or tackle a problem independently.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Data Engineering, or related discipline (future 2026 -2027 graduates strongly encouraged)
0-2 years of professional experience (internships and academic/personal projects count)
Ability to quickly read, understand, and debug C# /.NET code
Experience AI coding assistant preferred
Working knowledge of C#, ASP.NET Core, Web API, Entity Framework Core, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, CSS, SQL and relational databases, Git and PR-based workflows
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
Excellent verbal, written, and communication skills
Enthusiasm for AI-driven development and prompt engineering
Supervisory Responsibility
This position will not have supervisory responsibility.
Work Environment and Physical Demands
This job is operated in a fully onsite in-person professional office. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers and phones.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a part-time position with workdays between Monday and Friday.
Travel
This position will not require travel.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
EEO Statement ACA provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. ACA complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
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As an employer of California residents, we are dedicated to protecting your privacy rights. Any personal information you provide during the application process will be used solely for permitted internal purposes and will be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws. By applying to this position, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in our Employee Privacy Notice .
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- Dice Id: 10409926
- Position Id: b7b43824f26676006dab5add9ecbd77
- Posted 30+ days ago
