AI Developer

Pay Range: $49.30 - $55.73/hr. | $102,539 - $115,914 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Thursday, September 17, 2026

Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm; Some evening/weekend work required.

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities. Find Out More!

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

An AI Developer job is available with the City of Fort Worth FWLab department's Analytics & Intelligence (A&I) Division. This role sits within the Data & AI (DAI) team and serves as the City's hands-on builder of AI agents, bots, and automations that help departments work more efficiently. The AI Developer partners closely with the DAI team's analysts, the Business Strategy & Performance (BSP) team, and Information Technology Solutions (ITS) AI architecture team, turning departmental process challenges into practical automated solutions using tools such as Copilot Studio and Microsoft Foundry. With 28 departments seeking AI-enabled solutions, the ideal candidate is a builder who works well with ambiguity and imperfect data, is eager to grow their own skills alongside a young and fast-moving AI program, and is committed to growing the skills of the workforce the City already has.

Work Sample Requirement: As part of the interview process, candidates must present an AI product, agent, or bot they have personally built, such as a live demo, recorded walkthrough, or portfolio/code sample. Candidates unable to demonstrate hands-on work they have built will not move forward in the process.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with course work in Computer Science, Finance, Economics, Public Administration, Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field
• Four (4) years of experience required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience building bots, automations, or AI agents (e.g., Copilot Studio, Power Automate, Microsoft Foundry, or RPA tools) that have solved a real business problem, even outside a formal "AI Developer" title
• Proficiency with data and scripting tools (e.g., Python, SQL, Power BI) and comfort working with decentralized or imperfect data sources, such as departmental datamarts, rather than a single unified warehouse
• Demonstrated ability, or strong potential, to translate a manual or repetitive process into a working automation and explain its value (time saved, cost avoided, capacity gained) to non-technical stakeholders

The AI Developer job responsibilities include: 

• Designs and builds AI agents, bots, and process automations in partnership with departments and the DAI and BSP teams
• Works directly with departments across the City to identify manual or resource-intensive processes and assess which are strong candidates for automation
• Partners with ITS's AI architecture team to ensure solutions align with citywide AI governance, security, and platform standards, and to deploy and support AI agents once built
• Builds and maintains AI bots and process automations using the City's existing internal data sources, adapting to a decentralized data environment while flagging opportunities for improvement
• Maintains a running record of completed work and outcomes, reporting progress and impact to division leadership on a regular basis
• Identifies where automation can help departments absorb growing workload without adding headcount and communicates those opportunities clearly
• Documents completed work and technical approaches so solutions can be reused or adapted across departments and teams
• Works independently to research, test, and responsibly implement new AI tools and approaches, exercising sound judgment and escalating governance, data, or security questions to leadership as needed

Working Conditions andPhysical Demands

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking, and repetitive motions.

Sedentary Work - Depending on assignment, position in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting more of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Applicants for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility.  Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following will result in being disqualified for this position:  Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A Misdemeanor Conviction, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions in the last 10 years, Class A Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication in the last 10 years, an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and ALL Family Violence Convictions regardless of class. 

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Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.  It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.