Senior AI Engineer

About AvidXchange

AvidXchange is a leading provider of accounts payable ("AP") automation software and payment solutions for middle market businesses and their suppliers. By trade, we are a technology company, but if you ask anyone that works here, they'll tell you our people are at the core of who we are. We are all entrepreneurs who love to innovate and win with a passion for serving our customers. While we take personal ownership of our everyday work, we recognize that we only win as a team.

Since our founding in 2000 in Charlotte, NC, we've created a company of over 1,600 teammates working in one of our 7 offices across the U.S., or remotely. We're building more than a tech company - we're building an experience. We remain committed to a culture where you can fully be 'you' - connected with others, chasing big goals and making a meaningful impact. If you want to help us grow while realizing your potential and creating stories you'll tell for years, you've come to the right place.

AvidXchange is proud to be Certified™ as a Great Place to Work®. The prestigious recognition is based on anonymous data from our teammates and makes official what our teammates have known for years - that AvidXchange is a Great Place to Work®.

Job Overview

As a Senior AI Engineer you'll help design and implement solutions that utilize machine learning/deep learning models to solve business problems. You will be a part of a software engineering team focused on implementing use cases that can only be solved with Artificial Intelligence. You efforts will form a critical pillar of the company's SAAS based software to help company's pay bills and get paid. Bring your experience to the table to collaborate, analyze, design, develop, test, maintain and implement amazing software. Prepare to learn and grow as you employ your best efforts to create something genius and work along side other great engineers, product strategists, architects, and data enthusiasts.

Job Responsibilities

Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems

• Design and develop non traditional data models geared towards predictive modeling or solving complex representational and interpretation needs.
• Utilize statistical or mathematical methods to conduct exploratory data analysis and build evidence in support of solution approaches.
• Utilize or extend where necessary existing machine learning libraries and frameworks.
• Keep abreast of developments in the field of Artificial Intelligence
• Focus on enhancing or extending traditional application models with intelligent systems design.
• Guarantee the quality and state of the ML Software Delivery (model lifecycle) and guide the team to improve it.

Collaboration and Leadership

• Lead projects, including the planning and prioritization of tasks
• Ability to context switch and manage multiple projects
• Mentor team members and provide guidance on execution
• Build open communication with your Product Owner, Quality Test Automation Engineers, fellow Software Engineers, Development DBA and Scrum Master to understand and transform business requirements into business-savvy features.
• Aid product management in the creation of product road maps ensuring objectives are achievable.

Traditional Software Engineering

• Evaluate key metric and design solutions for improvement opportunities.
• Solve problems, debug and optimize code to ensure optimum performance and security.
• Implement optimal architecture, efficiency, maintainability, and scalability parameters in cooperation with developers and architects
• Team up with QA to review, approve and design test cases- ensuring the customers' expectations are fulfilled.
• Manage code quality and ensure appropriate unit test coverage.
• Perform code reviews with focus on senior engineers to ensure code follows documented standards and best practices
• Perform full life cycle application development, including researching available technical options for features, providing guidance and feedback on the findings and building proof of concepts to confirm the best approach.
• Mentor other Engineers (even cross functionally) with focus on creating Seniors that operate at the level of a Principal Engineer.
• Work with Solution and Enterprise Architects in the design, review, and implementation of new architecture solutions.
• Assist Architecture to create or change standards and prescribed best practices
• Consult with Architecture to create application design and ensuring architectural guidance is followed in team solutions
• Work with Architecture to produce future state architecture and incorporating new coding and technology solutions into the team products

Required Experience, Qualifications, and Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field required and 7+ years of software development experience OR a Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related and 5+ years of software development experience with multi-tiered systems
• Exceptional knowledge of R, Python
• Deep knowledge of of Statistical Learning methods
• Deep knowledge of Artificial Intelligence concepts and system design.
• Deep knowledge of exercising sound coding practices, such as unit testing, object-oriented programming, design patterns, and SOLID principles.
• Thorough knowledge of handling code versions via source control systems (such as Git) in continuous integration environments
• Hands-on experience following Agile software development processes (Scrum/Kanban)
• Employing secure coding practices including familiarity with OWASP top ten

Preferred Experience, Qualifications, and Skills

• Plus one for experience in any of the following technologies: Hadoop, Spark, or DataBricks, Deedle Exploratory Library for .Net, F# Data Toolbox, XPLot.
• Plus two for experience enhancing or extending traditional application models through intelligent systems design and the application of artificial intelligence via one or more of its sub disciplines: Computer Vision, Natural Language Understanding, Autonomous and Robotic Systems, Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning.
• Plus three for experience in any one of the following disciplines: Systems Engineering, Feedback Control Systems or Model Based Software Engineering.

Equal Employment Opportunity

AvidXchange is an equal opportunity employer.AvidXchange is committed to equal employment opportunity in accordance withapplicable federal, state, and local laws. AvidXchange will not discriminateagainst applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis. Thisincludes, but is not limited to veteran status, race, color, religion, sex,sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ageand physical or mental disability.

Other details

• Job Family Software Engineering
• Job Function Software Development Engineering
• Pay Type Salary
• Employment Indicator Professional

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