Mets
Applied AI Engineer
Citi Field – Queens, New York
Sponsorship not specified$180k-$200kDetected 41 days ago
TypeScriptPythonSpringDistributed SystemsSQLVector DatabasesAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsData EngineeringLLMsRAGStatisticsAuditingResearchCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- This role sits at the intersection of Baseball Systems (software engineering), Data Engineering, Baseball Analytics, Performance Technology, and modern generative AI.
- Note: This role will require extensive in-person collaboration and innovation alongside stakeholders, analysts, and engineers.
- Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Responsibilities
- The New York Mets are seeking an Applied AI Engineer to build and ship production-grade AI capabilities that improve decision-making and streamline workflows across Baseball Operations.
- You will develop reliable AI-powered applications such as retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), secure tool/data integrations (MCP-style patterns), and agentic workflows that can support deep work and research, while ensuring strong standards for quality, security, privacy, and operational excellence.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
- Practical experience with retrieval systems (search, embeddings, vector databases, ranking, chunking/indexing) and applying them to real workflows.
- Strong experience with modern backend and data integration fundamentals: APIs, SQL, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure (GCP/AWS/Azure)
- Proficiency in one or more production languages commonly used for AI applications and services (e.g. Python and/or Typescript)
- Approach work as highly collaborative and stakeholder-driven, with the ability to operate in ambiguity while iterating quickly.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences.
- The information is not intended to be an exhaustive or complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for this position.
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including building and operating production services.
- Demonstrated experience building LLM-powered applications in production (prompt/program design, structured outputs, tool calling, reliability patterns).
- Experience working in sports, health, finance, or other high-stakes analytics-heavy environments, preferred.
- The above information is intended to describe the general nature, type, and level of work to be performed. The information is not intended to be an exhaustive or complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for this position. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The individual selected may perform other related duties as assigned or requested.
- The New York Mets value the unique qualities individuals with various backgrounds and experiences can offer the organization. Our continued success depends heavily on the quality of our workforce. The Organization is committed to providing employees with the opportunity to develop to their fullest potential.
Nice to have
- Strong interest in baseball and comfort working within the culture of a professional sports organization, preferred
Compensation
- $180,000 - $200,000
This listing is sourced directly from Mets's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.