Prologis · 15 hours ago
Senior Applied AI Engineer
San Francisco, California
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$125K/yr - $186K/yr
8+ years expPrologis is a leader in the logistics industry with a vast portfolio and innovative infrastructure solutions. The Senior Applied AI Engineer will explore and implement emerging AI techniques, design pilots, and collaborate with teams to transition successful approaches into scalable architectures.
IndustrialReal EstateLogistics
Responsibilities
Drive AI innovation and rapid experimentation to advance Prologis capabilities (agentic workflows, reasoning approaches, evaluation methods, and emerging techniques)
Design and execute timeboxed pilots with clear hypotheses, success metrics, and kill/scale decision points
Enhance and evolve existing enterprise AI patterns and standards (e.g., retrieval-augmented generation, text-to-SQL, evaluation/observability, guardrails) using new approaches and measured outcomes
Build reference implementations and handoff documents so successful experiments transition into scalable architectures in partnership with the Central AI team
Develop within the AWS ecosystem using secure, observable, cost-aware architectures and strong software engineering practices
Communicate results through demos and concise readouts that connect technical outcomes to business value, tradeoffs, and recommended next steps
Support priority project work as cycles allow, focused on de-risking and acceleration with clear entry/exit criteria
Continuously evaluate emerging AI tools, frameworks, and vendor offerings; synthesize external research, OSS trends, and vendor capabilities into actionable recommendations for Prologis
Qualification
Required
8+ years of software engineering experience (or equivalent), delivering production-quality systems
Expert Python skills (clean architecture, testing, packaging, performance and reliability)
Strong AWS architecture and development experience (security/IAM, networking, serverless and/or containers, monitoring/logging, cost controls)
Strong data foundations: SQL, data modeling, APIs/integration patterns; comfortable incorporating RAG and text-to-SQL patterns into real solutions
Demonstrated rigor in experimentation: hypothesis-driven approach, evaluation plans, metrics, timeboxing, and pragmatic decision-making
Ability to communicate clearly to both technical and business stakeholders; proven storytelling and influence through results
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering (or equivalent practical experience)
Hands-on experience designing and interpreting LLM evaluations (task success, faithfulness, hallucination analysis, cost/latency tradeoffs)
Familiarity with modern LLM application stacks across vendors, with an ability to reason about abstraction tradeoffs, portability, and long-term maintainability
Hands-on experience with agentic systems (tool use, memory strategies, multi-agent orchestration) and reliability/evaluation techniques
Preferred
Experience with Dataiku (DSS), including building and operationalizing analytics/AI workflows; LLMOps experience is a plus
Experience building evaluation harnesses (golden sets, regression testing, error analysis) and partnering on risk/safety reviews
Exposure to OpenAI AgentKit/ChatKit and Apps SDK/MCP is a plus
Experience transitioning prototypes into enterprise-ready patterns in partnership with platform and delivery teams
Benefits
Healthcare, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents
401(k) retirement plan has a company match of 50% up to 12% of eligible compensation
Generous PTO with a starting accrual of 22 days a year in addition to paid holidays and volunteer time
Company
Prologis
Prologis is an owner, operator, and developer of industrial real estate, logistics, and supply chain.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.24BKey Investors
European Investment Bank
2025-05-22Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2024-12-11Post Ipo Debt· $236.38M
1994-04-08IPO
Leadership Team
Dan Letter
Chief Executive Officer
Hamid Moghadam
Chairman & CEO
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