"Lead Artificial Intelligence Developer"

Overview

Auburn University at Montgomery is seeking candidates for a Lead Intelligence Developer. Located in Alabama's vibrant state capital, Auburn University at Montgomery is a fast-growing university on the rise. Don't just take our word for it: The Princeton Review rates us as one of the best colleges in the Southeast, while U.S. News & World Report recently ranked us No. 22 among regional universities in the South for the quality of undergraduate teaching and 38th among all public institutions in the region.

Responsibilities

• Oversee development task allocation, sprint planning, and delivery tracking using Agile practices.
• Oversee production support, performance monitoring, incident response, and version control for deployed AI solutions.
• Serve as the primary technical development liaison between the AI team, business owners, clinicians, and external partners; translate functional requirements into technical specifications and provide status updates to senior leadership.
• Mentor junior developers and interns; create documentation and both in person and recorded training sessions for agency users.
• Define and execute a development roadmap that aligns Medicaid business objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Assist with the development of the Agency's AI solution architecture, coding standards, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Assist the AI Director and AI Ops Lead in the evaluation of emerging AI tools.
• Design, finetune, and deploy LLMs using Transformers, vLLM, and related libraries; ensure models meet performance, accuracy, and bias mitigation standards.
• Build and maintain Docker based inference services, orchestrating scalable deployments across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Integrate Open WebUI to provide user-friendly, self-serve interfaces for model interaction and use.
• Integrate Elasticsearch for searchable logging, analytics, and semantic retrieval of model outputs and metadata.
• Write efficient SQL queries and integrate model outputs with existing data stores and decision support systems.
• Conduct comprehensive testing including unit, integration, functional, security, and user acceptance testing for all AI applications and LLM services.
• Collaborate with the Information Security Office (ISO) to review code for security vulnerabilities, remediate findings, and maintain compliance with NIST, HIPAA, and related standards.
• Assist with the development of proof-of-concept initiatives exploring emerging LLM techniques (e.g., instruction tuning, retrieval augmented generation) and recommend adoption pathways.
• Perform additional AI-related tasks as directed by the Director of AI, and/or the Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum three (3) years of professional software development experience, with at least 1 year focused on AI/ML system design, development, and delivery.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to lead or coordinate a team of developers (formal management experience not required; proven coaching and oversight skills essential).
• Experience in a regulated government or healthcare environment is a plus.

Why Work at AUM?

Located in Alabama's vibrant state capital, Auburn University at Montgomery is a fast-growing university on the rise. Don't just take our word for it: The Princeton Review rates us as one of the best colleges in the Southeast, while U.S. News & World Report recently ranked us No. 22 among regional universities in the South for the quality of undergraduate teaching and 38th among all public institutions in the region.

Equal Opportunity Compliance Statement

AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. It is our policy to provide equal employment and education opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable law. The Office of Human Resources/ Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity (AA/EEO) strives to ensure an inclusive and equitable working, living, and learning environment for members of the AUM community.