AI Innovation Engineer

AI Innovation Engineer (GenAI & Agent Development)

Overview

We are seeking an AI Innovation Engineer to join a newly formed innovation-focused team responsible for rapidly exploring, prototyping, and validating cutting-edge AI solutions. This individual will work closely with leadership to investigate emerging technologies, develop proof-of-concepts, and build AI-powered applications that help solve high-impact business problems.

This is an ideal opportunity for a highly motivated builder who enjoys working in fast-moving environments, learning new technologies quickly, and turning ideas into working solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy proof-of-concept AI applications and intelligent agents.
• Build Agentic AI solutions using modern LLM frameworks and Google's AI ecosystem.
• Develop and test AI agents utilizing Agent Development Kit (ADK) and related technologies.
• Create prototypes that demonstrate business value and accelerate innovation initiatives.
• Work with structured and unstructured data sources, including BigQuery datasets.
• Experiment with emerging Generative AI technologies and evaluate new tools and frameworks.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to identify opportunities for AI-driven solutions.
• Quickly learn new technologies and independently drive projects from concept to prototype.
• Document findings, recommendations, and technical approaches for future production development.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of software engineering, AI engineering, or machine learning experience.
• Hands-on experience developing Generative AI applications.
• Strong understanding of Large Language Models (LLMs), prompt engineering, and agent-based architectures.
• Experience developing software applications using Python.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience working with BigQuery and cloud-based data environments.
• Ability to rapidly prototype and iterate on new ideas.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Google's Agent Development Kit (ADK).
• Experience with Vertex AI and Gemini models.
• Experience building AI agents and multi-agent workflows.
• Experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
• Familiarity with LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar frameworks.
• Experience evaluating and optimizing LLM performance.
• Exposure to MLOps and cloud deployment best practices.

What We're Looking For

• Builder mentality with a passion for innovation.
• Highly curious and eager to learn emerging technologies.
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity and limited direction.
• Ability to move quickly and deliver working solutions.
• Strong ownership mindset and willingness to tackle difficult problems.
• Collaborative team player who enjoys experimenting with new ideas and technologies.

Success in This Role

Within the first few months, this individual will be building AI-powered proof-of-concepts, developing intelligent agents, leveraging GCP and BigQuery data assets, and helping shape the future direction of AI innovation initiatives across the organization.

Marathon TS is committed to the development of a creative, diverse and inclusive work environment. In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Marathon TS will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. Marathon TS does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as "protected status").