AI Engineer

About Lowe’s

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2023 sales of more than $86 billion, Lowe’s operates over 1,700 home improvement stores and employs approximately 300,000 associates. Based in Bengaluru, Lowe’s India develops innovative technology products and solutions and delivers business capabilities to provide the best omnichannel experience for Lowe’s customers. Lowe’s India employs over 4,200 associates across technology, analytics, merchandising, supply chain, marketing, finance and accounting, product management and shared services. Lowe’s India actively supports the communities it serves through programs focused on skill-building, sustainability and safe homes. For more information, visit, www.lowes.co.in.

About the Team

DACI AI platform team engages in building and managing AI solutions and tools. AI Platform manages products and tools to enable teams across Lowe’s to build AI solutions in terms of providing access to LLMs and tools required in building ML lifecycle on both on premise and cloud(GCP VertexAI).

Job Summary

The primary purpose of this role is to contribute to developing advanced artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, supporting a variety of machine learning (ML) models, including AIOps/MLOps frameworks and large language models (LLMs). Experience working with GCP and VertexAI is a plus. The AI Engineer will apply foundational knowledge to assist in optimizing model performance, developing necessary tools and frameworks, and efficiently managing computing and storage resources. This role will harness AI platform capabilities and help accelerate the development of AI-driven products.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains AI platform, ensuring the platform meets functional requirements and performance criteria.

• Participates in the lifecycle of AI platform development, including ideation, prototyping, testing, deployment, and monitoring.

• Contributes to the design of scalable and robust infrastructure needed to support AI models in collaboration with infrastructure teams.

• Assists in the integration of AI capabilities into various products and platforms, ensuring smooth transitions and functionality.

• Contributes to peer code reviews, learning from senior team members, and adheres to best practices in AI development.

• Keeps relevant with the latest technologies and frameworks in AI, suggesting improvements and updates to existing systems.

• Supports the implementation of security and compliance measures within the AI development process, aligning with company policies and industry regulations.

Years of Experience

• 2-5 years of overall work experience in AI Engineering.

Education Qualification & Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering, math, or relevant field (or equivalent work experience in lieu of degree) and 2 years of experience executing and deploying data science, ML, and DL (fewer years may be accepted with a Master's or Doctorate degree)

• 2 year of programming language experience

• 1 year of experience working with GCP & VertexAI

• 1 year of experience working with ML Operations tools

Skill Set Required

• Experience working with cross-functional partners

• Experience of good programming skills in python and Fast API framework

• Experience in SQL and NoSQL databases, Hadoop ecosystem, Druid, Trino, Big Query, Google Vertex AI

• Experience with AI tools and building application using LLMs

Secondary Skills (desired)

• GCP, VertexAI and Cloud Deployments

Lowe's is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.