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Leading midstream service provider. Safety first. Sustainable operations. Environmentally responsible. Employee focused.\nJOB SUMMARY\nJob Profile Summary/Mission\nDesign, build, and operate the AI systems that Operations relies on. The AI Engineer is responsible for the most technically demanding work - advanced algorithms, production agents, and shared frameworks - and delivers reusable infrastructure that enables the rest of the team to work efficiently.\nEssential Functions and Core Responsibilities\nProduction AI systems: Develop, deploy, and maintain operations-critical AI systems, including agents, harnesses, tools, and evaluation pipelines. Accountable for reliability, latency, cost, and accuracy.\nAdvanced algorithms: Develop numerical optimization, forecasting, computer vision, and anomaly detection capabilities in cases where off-the-shelf AI does not meet the operational requirement.\nShared frameworks: Develop the code templates, agent skills, and function-calling patterns reused by Forward Deployed Engineers and AI Analysts, enabling consistent and efficient delivery across the team.\nTooling and prompts: Design, tune, and evaluate purpose-built tools, function calls, and prompt templates.\nOperations-aware user experience: Develop custom user interfaces for operations workflows, designed from user requirements.\nMentorship: Develop the capabilities of Forward Deployed Engineers and AI Analysts in AI engineering practices, code quality, and system design. Establish and maintain the technical standard for the team.\nSecurity and IT partnership: Ensure AI systems meet ONEOK IT and security standards as they are transitioned to production.\nEducation\nBachelor's degree in Engineering, Management Information Systems, Computer Sciences, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or other related field with specific job-related experience as follows:\nRequired Experience\nMinimum 5 years of software engineering experience, including demonstrated production ownership of AI or ML systems.\nExtensive experience with LLM-based systems, including agent frameworks, tool use, evaluations, prompt engineering, and retrieval.\nStrong Python engineering skills, with familiarity in at least one of optimization, forecasting, or computer vision.\nExperience designing APIs, SDKs, or frameworks consumed by other engineers.\nProven track record operating systems in production, including monitoring, incident response, and cost management.\nHow We Measure Success\nReliability, latency, and unit cost of production AI systems.\nAdoption of shared frameworks and templates across Forward Deployed Engineers and AI Analysts, measured by active reuse.\nEvaluation coverage and regression detection rate on deployed systems.\nQuality of mentorship, reflected in the growth and independence of Forward Deployed Engineers and AI Analysts.\nTeam & Collaboration\nEngages across the full Operations Analytics team. Partners with Forward Deployed Engineers to advance proven prototypes into enterprise-grade products, supports AI Analysts with tooling and prompt optimization, and relies on the Data Steward for reliable, contextualized data. Maintains close working relationships with IT and Security.\nKnowledge, Skills and Abilities\nSkills in: relational database design including table structures, indexes and primary/foreign key fields.\nSkills in: use and function of office equipment including computers and applicable software.\nSkills in: interacting, advising and communicating effectively.\nSkills in: developing solutions to complicated issues using abstract thinking in new or complex situations.\nSkills in: managing and prioritizing multiple assignments with competing deadlines.\nSkills in: reading and interpreting correspondence, reports, production statistics, cost analyses, contracts, accounting statements, income statements, ledgers, manuals and legal documents.\nAbility to: develop information, conduct meetings and present information to individuals and groups.\nAbility to: apply math, algebra, statistical and volumetric methods.\nAbility to: be self-motivated and self-directed.\nAbility to: influence and facilitate discussions across a wide range of teams and technologies.\nAbility to: mentor less experienced personnel on complex technologies.\nLicenses and Certifications\nNone required\nStrength Factor Rating - Physical Demands/Requirements\nSedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.\nStrength Factor Description - Physical Demands/Requirements\nStanding: Remaining on one's feet in an upright position at a work station without moving about (Occasionally)\nWalking: Moving about on foot (Frequently)\nSitting: Remaining in a seated position (Constantly)\nLifting: Raising or lowering an object from one level to another (includes upward pulling) (Occasionally)\nCarrying: Transporting an object, usually holding it in the hands or arms, or on the shoulder (Occasionally)\nPushing: Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves away from the force (Occasionally)\nPulling: Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves toward the force (includes jerking) (Occasionally)\nClimbing: Ladders, Stairs (Occasionally)\nBalancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling (Occasionally)\nStooping: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist (Occasionally)\nKneeling: Bending the legs at the knees to come to rest on the knee or knees (Occasionally)\nCrouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the legs and spine (Occasionally)\nCrawling: Moving about on the hands and arms in any direction (Occasionally)\nReaching: Extending hands and arms in any direction (Constantly)\nHandling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with the hand or hands (Manual Dexterity) (Constantly)\nFingering: Picking, pinching or otherwise working with the fingers primarily (Finger Dexterity) (Constantly)\nFeeling: Perceiving such attributes of objects/materials as size, shape, temperature, texture, movement or pulsation by receptors in the skin, particularly those of the finger tips (Constantly)\nTalking: Expressing or exchanging ideas/information by means of the spoken word (Frequently)\nHearing: Perceiving the nature of sound by the ear (Frequently)\nTasting/Smelling: (Occasionally)\nNear Vision: Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less (Constantly)\nFar Vision: Clarity of vision at 20 feet for more (Frequently)\nDepth Perception: Three-dimensional vision; ability to judge distances and spatial relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are (Frequently)\nVision: Color - The ability to identify and distinguish colors (Constantly)\nWorking Conditions/Environment\nEmployee is subject to inside environmental conditions\nWorking Conditions\nWell lighted, climate controlled areas (Constantly)\nFrequent repetitive motion (Constantly)\nCRT (Computer Monitor(s)) (Constantly)\nTravel\nTravel to other locations required.\nDriving\nBased on assigned tasks, employee may be assigned a company vehicle requiring the applicable driver's license\nONEOK is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, religion, creed, national origin, gender identity, disability, military/veteran status, genetic information or any other categories protected by applicable law.\nThe job description is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties or skills required for the job and is subject to review and change at any time, with or without notice, in accordance with the needs of ONEOK.\nONEOK is committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process. 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