Software Engineer III - AI Platforms & Retail Systems
Role Overview
The Staff Software Engineer designs, builds, and deploys production-grade AI and software systems that support retail store operations, associate productivity, and customer experience .
This role operates at the intersection of software engineering, data, and AI , partnering with Product and Business teams to translate requirements into scalable, reliable, and high-impact solutions, working to achieve operational targets with significant impact on departmental results .
This position reports into our Store Support Office in Phoenix, AZ.
Hybrid schedule, in office Tuesday - Thursday.
Key Skills for This Role
Full Job Posting
AI Solution Development
Design, build, and deploy AI/ML and Generative AI solutions
Translate business problems into scalable technical implementations
Build reusable components:
APIs
AI services
Modular frameworks
Develop POCs and prototypes to validate new approaches
Model Engineering & MLOps
Implement MLOps best practices :
CI/CD for models
Monitoring and retraining
Versioning
Build pipelines for:
Training
Evaluation
Deployment
Monitor:
Model performance
Drift
Reliability
Data & Platform Integration
Integrate AI services into enterprise systems and workflows
Partner with data teams to ensure high-quality data pipelines
Optimize systems for:
Performance
Scalability
Cost
Implement:
RAG architectures
Vector database integrations
Product & Business Partnership
Partner with Product and Business teams to:
Understand requirements,
Refine problem statements
Deliver effective solutions, explaining and ensuring understanding of facts, policies and practices.
Ensure solutions align with:
Business goals
Customer needs
Operational constraints
Production Support & Operational Excellence (Build + Run)
Build systems that are production-ready and supportable , if necessary, conduct detailed analysis, investigation and modify processes to solve problems.
Participate in:
Incident management
Root cause analysis
System improvements
Ensure strong:
Logging
Monitoring
Observability
Engineering Excellence
Follow best practices in:
Code quality
Testing
DevOps
Contribute to:
Design reviews
Engineering standards
Documentation
Knowledge Skills & Abilities
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering or 2 years in AI/ML
- Strong proficiency in: Python ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn)
- Python
- ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn)
- Experience with: Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) APIs and distributed systems Data pipelines
- Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- APIs and distributed systems
- Data pipelines
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with:
- MLOps tools (MLflow, Kubeflow, SageMaker)
- LLMs / GenAI / NLP
- Real-time inference systems
Core Competencies
Communication
Customer Focus
Driving for Results
Positive Approach
In addition to a rewarding career, Sprouts offers a comprehensive program to help support you and your family. These programs include:
Competitive pay
Sick time plan that you can use to support you or your immediate families health
Vacation accrual plan
Opportunities for career growth
15% discount for you and one other family member in your household on all purchases made at Sprouts
Flexible schedules
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
401(K) Retirement savings plan with a generous company match
Company paid life insurance
Contests and appreciation events throughout the year full of prizes, food and fun!
Eligibility requirements may apply for the following benefits:
Bonus based on company and/or individual performance
Affordable benefit coverage, including medical, dental and vision
Health Savings Account with company match
Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care
Company paid short-term disability coverage
Paid parental leave for both mothers and fathers
Paid holidays
Get Paid Every Day!
Sprouts Farmers Market offers DailyPay - if you’re hired as an eligible employee, you’ll be able to transfer the money you’ve already earned at no extra cost, and get it the next business day, for free . We offer DailyPay so you don’t have to wait for payday to access the money you’ve already worked for. With DailyPay, you can see how much you’ve made every day and you can transfer your money any time before payday.
You can learn more by visiting https://www.dailypay.com/partners/sprouts-farmers-market/ .
Grow with us!
If you have a passion for inspiring people and a flair for fresh food, consider applying for a job at Sprouts! With a focus on customer service, our neighborhood grocery stores offer high-quality, farm fresh produce, natural meats, plenty of scoop-your-own bulk goods and much more in a fun, friendly, old-fashioned farmer’s market setting. Come grow your career in healthy living with a fast-paced, rapidly growing company and teams that pride themselves on empowering others along their journey.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and requirements. Sprouts’ management reserves the right to amend and change duties, responsibilities, and requirements to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.
Sprouts will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance.
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About Sprouts Farmers Market
Specialty retailer of fresh, natural and organic foods.
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