Junior AI Engineer (Open to remote)

Summary

Penguin Random House is a leading publishing house committed to quality, innovation, and digital transformation. The Junior AI Engineer will build practical AI tools, automations, applications, and language-model workflows that improve internal business processes. The role also involves developing Python-based services, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and evaluating AI system performance and adoption.

Responsibilities

• Build tools, automations, and applications that support internal business needs across marketing, research, and workflow optimization
• Design, test, and improve language model based workflows for tasks such as classification, summarization, extraction, generation, and search support
• Partner with teams across Marketing, Product, Data Science, and the broader business to translate needs into clear, scalable solutions
• Develop Python-based services, APIs, and internal tools that integrate AI capabilities into day-to-day workflows
• Evaluate and refine system performance for quality, speed, reliability, and cost
• Identify edge cases, improve system behavior, and contribute to best practices for applied AI development
• Stay current on the rapidly evolving AI landscape and help evaluate which tools and approaches are worth adopting

Skills

• Must have prior internship experience in software engineering, with hands-on experience building LLM-based or applied AI workflows
• Strong Python skills and a practical approach to building useful, reliable, and responsible solutions
• Familiarity with agentic coding tools like Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, etc
• Ability to understand stakeholder needs and translate them into effective solutions
• Comfort working across a range of projects and solving ambiguous problems
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical partners
• Familiarity with agentic frameworks like LangGraph/LangChain, Google ADK, OpenAI Agent SDK, etc
• Familiarity with evaluation techniques and frameworks like MLFlow, Arize, LangSmith, etc
• Familiarity with front-end prototyping

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Must have prior internship experience in software engineering, with hands-on experience building LLM-based or applied AI workflows
• Strong Python skills and a practical approach to building useful, reliable, and responsible solutions
• Familiarity with agentic coding tools like Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, etc
• Ability to understand stakeholder needs and translate them into effective solutions
• Comfort working across a range of projects and solving ambiguous problems
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical partners

Nice to Haves

• Familiarity with agentic frameworks like LangGraph/LangChain, Google ADK, OpenAI Agent SDK, etc
• Familiarity with evaluation techniques and frameworks like MLFlow, Arize, LangSmith, etc
• Familiarity with front-end prototyping

Benefits

• All positions are currently eligible for an annual profit award or bonus, subject to company results.
• Full-time employees are eligible for our comprehensive benefits program, including Medical/Prescription drug insurance, Dental, Vision, Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, Pre-Tax and Roth 401(k), Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance, Life/AD&D Insurance, Commuter Benefits, Student Loan Repayment Program, Educational Assistance, and generous paid time off.
• Open to remote.