Software Engineer, AI

As an AI Software Engineer on the Platform Engineering team at Cologix, you will play a key role in shaping how Generative AI is applied across our internal platforms and customer-facing solutions. You will work at the intersection of software engineering and applied AI, designing and delivering intelligent systems that drive real business impact.

You'll collaborate with a distributed North American team to turn ideas, stakeholder feedback, and emerging technologies into scalable, secure, and high-performing AI-powered products. This role emphasizes responsible AI development, with a strong focus on quality, accuracy, and security. What you do daily:

• Design and build Generative AI applications, including LLM integrations, prompt engineering, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines
• Develop clean, efficient, and reusable code across off-the-shelf, semi-custom, and fully custom AI platforms
• Integrate AI capabilities into internal systems and customer-facing applications
• Evaluate and optimize AI system performance, ensuring accuracy, reliability, and responsible usage
• Implement monitoring, logging, and feedback loops for AI systems in production
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions
• Contribute to system design and architecture with a focus on performance, scalability, and security
• Troubleshoot issues, resolve bugs, and support escalated production incidents as needed
• Participate in code reviews and promote engineering best practices across the team
• Contribute to sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives to continuously improve team delivery
• Document code, systems, and processes to ensure maintainability and knowledge sharing
• Demo and communicate solutions effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• This role is primarily focused on development (approximately 70-80%), with some responsibility for production support during high-priority or escalated events.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience
• Strong programming experience in Python
• Experience building and integrating APIs (REST) and testing them using tools such as Postman or similar
• Solid experience with Linux environments, including CLI usage, bash scripting, and log analysis
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Proven experience working with databases and Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) tools
• Familiarity with software development best practices, including testing, code reviews, and secure coding
• Hands-on experience working with large language models (LLMs), including prompting, API integration, or fine-tuning
• Familiarity with retrieval techniques, embeddings, and vector databases
• Experience with AI orchestration frameworks
• Understanding of model evaluation, hallucination mitigation, and responsible AI practices
• Experience with containerization and deployment technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices
• Experience with observability tools for monitoring and logging distributed systems, Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or transfer sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT/OPT.

Benefits: We offer a competitive benefit package for full-time employees that includes:Medical, dental, and vision insuranceCompany paid Life InsuranceVoluntary supplemental life insuranceFlexible spending accountHealth savings accountNon-accrued PTOShort- and Long-Term DisabilityCompany paid holidays401k Retirement Plan with employer matchMental Wellness BenefitsTuition ReimbursementPaid Parental LeaveEmployee Discount MarketplaceEmployee Recognition Platform Individual compensation will be commensurate with the candidate's experience. This position will also be eligible for an annual bonus.NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as assigned to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

About Our Company:Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Cologix is a leading North America network-neutral interconnection and hyperscale edge data center company. Our platform gives customers access to 45+ digital edge and Scalelogix hyperscale edge data centers in 13 markets across the United States and Canada along with a carrier-dense ecosystem of 710+ networks, 360+ cloud providers, 35+ onramps and seven Internet exchanges. We provide our nearly 2,000 customers with direct access to our local operations teams, resulting in strong partnerships enabled by exceptional operational support and unparalleled customer service. Backed by one of the largest North American infrastructure funds, Cologix's experienced leadership team, certified staff and commitment to ESG initiatives help form a culture that values our people, our environment and our clients.