AI Leader

AI Leader
Location: Pelham, Alabama (Hybrid Preferred)
Reports To: Vice President of Technology
About ProcessBarron
At ProcessBarron, technology is a competitive advantage. We are investing in artificial intelligence, automation, and modern software development to improve the way our employees work and the value we deliver to our customers.

Our focus is practical AI—not research projects. We are building intelligent business applications that solve real business problems across engineering, manufacturing, field services, sales, customer service, and corporate operations.

Position Summary
ProcessBarron is seeking an experienced AI Leader to lead the development of our next generation of AI-powered business applications.

This is a highly technical, hands-on role responsible for designing, developing, and implementing AI solutions that improve business processes across the organization.

Reporting directly to the Vice President of Technology, the AI Leader will work closely with business users, consultants, software vendors, and technology partners to transform business ideas into scalable software solutions.

The AI Leader is expected to remain actively involved in software development, solution architecture, system integration, and AI implementation while serving as the company's technical leader for AI initiatives.

The successful candidate will lead by building.
What You'll Do
AI Strategy & Technical Leadership
•    Partner with the Vice President of Technology to help shape and execute ProcessBarron's AI roadmap.
•    Identify high-value AI opportunities that support company growth, operational excellence, and customer experience.
•    Evaluate emerging AI technologies, platforms, and industry trends.
•    Help establish AI development standards, governance, and best practices.
AI Solution Development
•    Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered business applications.
•    Build AI assistants, workflows, automation solutions, and knowledge management tools.
•    Develop AI agents and RAG solutions.
•    Prototype new ideas and iterate based on feedback.
Software Engineering
•    Design, develop, test, and support enterprise software applications.
•    Build APIs, integrations, and custom applications.
•    Maintain existing internally developed software.
•    Write clean, maintainable production-quality code.
•    Use AI development tools while validating all generated code.
Business Transformation
•    Improve engineering, project management, manufacturing, supply chain, field service, customer service, reporting, and automation through AI.
Engineering & Industrial Innovation
•    Collaborate with engineering teams on AI for design, diagnostics, simulation, predictive analytics, and customer solutions.
Enterprise Integration & Technology
•    Integrate with Epicor Kinetic, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Salesforce, SQL Server, Azure, and other enterprise platforms.
•    Work with consultants and vendors.
•    Ensure security, governance, and data quality.
Partner with the Business
•    Meet with end users, gather requirements, demonstrate solutions, provide training, and build relationships.
Organizational Adoption
•    Promote responsible AI adoption, education, and continuous improvement.
Required Qualifications
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent experience.
Experience
•    5+ years of professional software development experience.
•    Enterprise application development and support.
•    API and integration experience.
•    Working directly with business users.
•    Production software support.
•    AI software development experience preferred.
Technical Skills
Software Development
•    C#
•    .NET
•    Python
•    JavaScript / TypeScript
•    SQL
•    Git
•    REST APIs
•    Software Architecture
•    Application Security
Artificial Intelligence
•    OpenAI
•    Azure OpenAI
•    Microsoft Copilot
•    Anthropic Claude
•    Google Gemini
•    AI Agents
•    Prompt Engineering
•    RAG
•    MCP
•    Vector Databases
•    Semantic Search
Preferred
•    Microsoft Power Platform
•    Azure AI Services
•    SharePoint Development
•    Salesforce Development
•    Epicor Kinetic
•    Workflow Automation
•    Cloud-native Development
What We're Looking For
•    Lead by building and delivering solutions.
•    Strong software engineering fundamentals.
•    Validate AI-generated code.
•    Understand architecture, scalability, security, and maintainability.
•    Communicate with executives, consultants, developers, and business users.
•    Continuously learn as AI evolves.
Our Philosophy
Artificial intelligence is changing how software is built, but it is not replacing software engineering. We expect our engineers to use AI to accelerate development while applying sound engineering judgment and delivering secure, scalable, maintainable software.
Success in This Role
•    Deliver AI-powered business applications.
•    Increase AI adoption.
•    Improve productivity and efficiency.
•    Reduce manual processes.
•    Integrate AI with enterprise systems.
•    Collaborate effectively across the business.

Why Join ProcessBarron?
You'll help shape the future of AI at ProcessBarron by building practical solutions that employees and customers use every day while working directly with the Vice President of Technology and key business stakeholders.
 

Required Qualifications
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent experience.
Experience
•    5+ years of professional software development experience.
•    Enterprise application development and support.
•    API and integration experience.
•    Working directly with business users.
•    Production software support.
•    AI software development experience preferred.
Technical Skills
Software Development
•    C#
•    .NET
•    Python
•    JavaScript / TypeScript
•    SQL
•    Git
•    REST APIs
•    Software Architecture
•    Application Security
Artificial Intelligence
•    OpenAI
•    Azure OpenAI
•    Microsoft Copilot
•    Anthropic Claude
•    Google Gemini
•    AI Agents
•    Prompt Engineering
•    RAG
•    MCP
•    Vector Databases
•    Semantic Search
Preferred
•    Microsoft Power Platform
•    Azure AI Services
•    SharePoint Development
•    Salesforce Development
•    Epicor Kinetic
•    Workflow Automation
•    Cloud-native Development
What We're Looking For
•    Lead by building and delivering solutions.
•    Strong software engineering fundamentals.
•    Validate AI-generated code.
•    Understand architecture, scalability, security, and maintainability.
•    Communicate with executives, consultants, developers, and business users.
•    Continuously learn as AI evolves.