AI/UI Engineer

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Job Description

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As an AI/UI Engineer, you will be instrumental in designing, developing, and deploying AI-driven applications that enhance our product offerings. This role emphasizes the practical application of AI technologies to solve complex business challenges, focusing on integrating AI capabilities into scalable and reliable systems. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of AI solutions into our products.

Key Responsibilities:

UI/UX Development:

• Build responsive, accessible, and high-performance interfaces using React.js / Next.js, TypeScript, TailwindCSS, and Material UI.
• Implement AI-driven user experiences (chatbots/agents, dashboards, dynamic recommendations ).
• Optimize front-end performance for large-scale enterprise use cases.
• Figma design to MVP building.

Full-Stack Development:

• Develop secure and scalable backends using Node.js and/or Python (FastAPI, Flask).
• Design RESTful & GraphQL APIs for AI and data services.
• Work with databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS).

AI & GenAI Integration:

• Integrate LLM APIs (Azure OpenAI, Anthropic Claude etc) with the app.
• Build RAG pipelines using Azure Cognitive Search, AWS Kendra, or LangChain.
• Implement real-time streaming responses from AI models (WebSockets, SSE).

Cloud & DevOps (Azure + AWS):

• Deploy applications on Azure App Services, AWS ECS/EKS, and serverless architectures (Azure Functions, AWS Lambda).
• Implement CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and AWS CodePipeline.
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and security across multi-cloud environments.

Collaboration:

• Partner with AI/ML engineers for model deployment and inference optimization.
• Work with designers and product teams to deliver world-class user experiences.

Your Skills and Expertise 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience building full-stack AI applications, including at least 1 year specifically in Generative AI.
• Proven expertise in AI applications, including RAG solutions, AI agentic systems, and UI/UX design.
• Experience evaluating, fine-tuning, and deploying large language models (LLMs) such as GPT, Claude, or similar LLMs.
• Strong skills in prompt engineering, fine tuning to optimize AI model accuracy and relevance, perform benchmarking evaluations, and conduct model comparisons.
• Demonstrated ability to optimize AI models for cost, scalability, and low-latency performance.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with product managers, data scientists, engineers, and stakeholders.
• Familiarity with MLOps practices, including model lifecycle management and CI/CD.
• Experience deploying AI applications on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).

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