AI Developer

What You Need To Know

Shape a remarkable future with us. Build a career working for an industry leader that truly invests in their people – and equips them with leading technology, continuous learning, and the ability to bring their best selves to work. As the preeminent wine and spirits distributor, Southern Glazer’s isn't just one of Forbes’ Top Private Companies; it's a family-owned business with deep roots dating back to 1933.

Southern Glazer’s is proud of its well-earned positive reputation, continually achieving accolades for our outstanding workplace culture. We take pride in creating a culture where our people are valued, supported, and provided opportunities for growth and belonging.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a wide-ranging menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition assistance, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

By joining Southern Glazer’s, you would be part of a team that values excellence, innovation, and community. This is more than just a job – it's an opportunity to build the future of beverage distribution and grow with a company that truly cares about its people.

Overview

As an entry level role, the AI Developer’s role is to develop and enhance in-house software applications or extensions by coding with a technical language to meet business requirements and business objectives. This can include taking technical specifications and developing an application or integration of data between applications, testing, as well as, completing the appropriate technical documentation.  The developer may also be responsible for delivering support to end users in the organization for specific code, including troubleshooting code.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, and support software applications
• Drive technical validity of solution.
• Develop user documentation as well as in-code documentation to explain designs and participate/support user training
• Obtain any certifications needed to effectively support applications in scope 
• Support the development of business and technical process documentation and training materials
• Structure requirements to facilitate automation of acceptance tests
• Provide support for software applications under area of responsibility
• Participate in Agile teams
• Drive Behavior-Driven-Design (BDD) process
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, etc.) or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 2+ years’ relevant work experience in an analytical capacity, or equivalent experience
• Foundational experience with Databricks-based AI or agent development
• Python programming skills
• Exposure to LLMs, RAG, and multi-step AI workflows
• Basic understanding of Databricks AI/ML capabilities
• Ability to integrate data, APIs, and enterprise systems into AI solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to CI/CD and deployment practices
• Familiarity with supply chain or SAP-related business processes
• Understanding of AI evaluation and response quality checks

Physical Demands

• Physical demands with activity or condition for a considerable amount of time may include sitting and typing/keyboarding using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor) or mobile device
• Physical demands with activity or condition may include walking, bending, reaching, standing, squatting, and stooping
• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. SGWS complies with all federal, state and local laws concerning consideration of a qualified applicant's arrest and/or criminal conviction records. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.

If you have any questions or concerns about whether this posting complies/adheres with local pay transparency requirements, please contact the SGWS talent acquisition team at View email address on recruiting.southernglazers.com