Applied AI Developer

Rockstar is recruiting for a national natural food & beverage brokerage dedicated to an ethically valued business that positively impacts people, community, and the industry. Their team is driven by the desire to transform the retail landscape while infusing passion, integrity, and transparency. They are committed to building meaningful partnerships that will reshape the future of foods available in the marketplace.

Job Description: Description, Scope, Responsibilities

Position: Applied AI Developer

Coverage Area: National Support Role

Office Location: Remote / Home

Hours of Operation: M-F, Standard Business Hours. May require occasional flexibility to accommodate project deadlines and cross-functional team needs.

Reporting Structure: The AI Developer / AI Integration Engineer will report to senior leadership. The company encourages a flat organizational structure, where each team member is independently proactive yet works in harmony with others.

Department: Business Intelligence Team

Responsibilities & Duties

The AI Developer / AI Integration Engineer will be responsible for designing, building, and deploying AI-powered solutions across the company. This role bridges modern artificial intelligence capabilities with existing technology platforms — driving operational efficiency, enabling smarter workflows, and shaping how AI is applied across the organization. The ideal candidate is AI-native, a solid developer, and a systems thinker.

Will include but not limited to:

• Design and deploy AI-powered workflows and automation across internal systems
• Integrate LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) into operational platforms and internal tooling, with examples including:
• Airtable Scripting & AI Automation
• Microsoft 365 / Power Platform AI Enhancements
• Custom Agent & RAG Pipeline Development
• Build and maintain custom AI agents, automation pipelines, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems
• Own the bridge between AI capabilities and the existing technology stack
• Evaluate and prototype emerging AI tools for business relevance and operational fit
• Collaborate with operations, sales, and leadership teams to identify and prioritize AI opportunities
• Contribute to platform development features and maintain clean, well-documented code
• Translate AI capabilities for non-technical stakeholders and gather real requirements from business teams
• Maintain a running roadmap of AI enhancements tied to business goals and project timelines
• Consistently exemplify established best practices, serving as the internal subject matter expert on applied AI

Additional Responsibilities:

• Provide team or company-wide AI training and education where applicable.
• Create & manage technical documentation for all AI systems, integrations, and workflows.

Qualifications & Requirements

• AI-Native Mindset: Deep familiarity with LLMs, prompt engineering, agents, tool use, and AI orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, etc.)
• Solid Development Foundation: Proficiency in Python and/or JavaScript. Comfortable building APIs, working with databases, and deploying to cloud environments as well as front end experience. Node JS, React.
• Integration Experience: Track record connecting disparate systems via APIs, webhooks, or middleware. Experience with Airtable, Zapier, Make, or similar platforms is a plus
• Platform Sensibility: Understands how internal tools and operational platforms are built and scaled. Can contribute to product thinking, not just feature execution
• Cross-Functional Communicator: Can translate AI concepts for non-technical stakeholders and gather real requirements from business teams

Measurables

The Employee’s performance will be measured and evaluated on meeting project deadlines, goals and objectives, quality and adoption of AI solutions delivered, cross-functional collaboration, 1% for the Planet participation, communication, and feedback.

Full Disclosure

This position requires passion for the space and a personal philosophy, “do whatever it takes to get the job done.”

The company is a national, natural food & beverage brokerage dedicated to an ethically valued business that positively impacts people, community, and the industry. The team is driven by the desire to transform the retail landscape while infusing passion, integrity, and transparency in all that they do. The company’s commitment is to build meaningful partnerships that will ultimately re-shape the future of foods available in the marketplace.

The company is very proud of the reputation they have built in the industry and excited about their continued growth. They are happy to offer this position and excited for the opportunity to have the candidate as part of their awesome team!