Associate AI Engineer

At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world.

Summary

We are seeking an Associate AI Engineer with strong foundational software engineering skills and an interest in building and operating generative AI applications. You will work with senior engineers to develop AI-powered services, integrate LLMs into product workflows, and learn best practices for secure, observable, and maintainable AI systems in production.

Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. The company does not intend to provide sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B, TN, etc.) for this employment position. 

What You’ll Do (Major Responsibilities)

• Build AI-enabled features and services by implementing components of production applications that integrate LLMs and other generative models under guidance from senior engineers.
• Support context engineering and agent workflows by helping implement prompt templates, tool/function calling, retrieval (RAG) components, and evaluation approaches.
• Contribute to APIs and integrations by developing and maintaining RESTful endpoints and service-to-service integrations for AI capabilities.
• Assist with CI/CD and testing by adding unit/integration tests, supporting deployment workflows, and helping automate basic checks for AI services and model-related code.
• Participate in reliability and observability by responding to alerts with the team, reviewing logs/metrics, assisting in incident triage, and contributing to post-incident follow-ups.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, data, and platform partners to understand requirements and deliver incremental improvements.
• Contribute to code quality and documentation through code reviews (as a reviewer and reviewee), clear PRs, and maintain technical notes and runbooks.
• Run reproducible experiments by documenting results, tracking configurations, and helping maintain reusable utilities for evaluation and prototyping.

What you need to succeed:

• 0–3 years of relevant experience (internships, co-ops, projects, or full-time) in software engineering, data engineering, or ML engineering
• Proficiency in Python; familiarity with JavaScript/TypeScript (or willingness to learn for integration work)
• Experience building applications in React
• Experience building or consuming REST APIs (coursework/projects acceptable)
• Exposure to at least one cloud platform (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP acceptable) through coursework, labs, or projects
• Basic understanding of software engineering fundamentals: version control (Git), debugging, testing, and code organization
• Strong communication skills, ability to learn quickly, and comfort working in a collaborative team environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Project experience with generative AI/LLMs, including prompt engineering and/or RAG patterns
• Familiarity with tools such as FastAPI, React, and a database (e.g., Cosmos DB, Postgres)
• Exposure to vector databases / search (e.g., PgVector, Pinecone, Azure AI Search)
• Basic familiarity with CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, etc.) and/or Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep/ARM)
• Awareness of MLOps concepts (model evaluation, monitoring, data drift, governance), even if not applied at scale yet

Why Work for Us?

Allegion is a Great Place to Grow your Career if:

• You're seeking a rewarding opportunity that allows you to truly help others. With thousands of employees and customers around the world, there’s plenty of room to make an impact. As our values state, “this is your business, run with it”.
• You’re looking for a company that will invest in your professional development. As we grow, we want you to grow with us.
• You want a culture that promotes work-life balance. Our employees enjoy generous paid time off, because at Allegion we recognize that you have a full life outside of work!
• You want to work for an award-winning company that invests in its people. Allegion is proud to be a recipient of the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award for the second year in a row, recognizing our commitment to employee engagement, strengths-based development, and unlocking human potential.

What You’ll Get from Us:

• Health, dental and vision insurance coverage, helping you “be safe, be healthy”
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• A commitment to your future with a 401K plan, which currently offers a 6% company match and no vesting period
• Health Savings Accounts – Tax-advantaged savings account used for healthcare expenses
• Flexible Spending Accounts – Tax-advantaged spending accounts for healthcare and/or dependent daycare expenses
• Disability Insurance –Short-Term and Long-Term coverage, paid for by Allegion, provides income replacement for illness or injury
• Life Insurance – Term life coverage with the option to purchase supplemental coverage
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Voluntary Wellness Program – Simply complete wellness activities and earn up to $2,000 in rewards
• Employee Discounts through Perks at Work
• Community involvement and opportunities to give back so you can “serve others, not yourself”
• Opportunities to leverage your unique strengths through CliftonStrengths assessment & coaching

Apply Today!

Join our team of experts today and help us make tomorrow’s world a safer place!

Not sure if your experience perfectly aligns with the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification and every single preferred qualification of a job posting. At Allegion, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. So, if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every item in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role.

Allegion is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace.  Together, we embrace all differences and similarities among colleagues, as well as the differences and similarities within the relationships that we foster with customers, suppliers and the communities where we live and work. Whatever your background, experience, race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, we will make sure that you have every opportunity to impress us in your application and the opportunity to give your best at work, not because we’re required to, but because it’s the right thing to do.   We are also committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If for any reason you cannot apply through our career site and require an accommodation or assistance, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team.

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