Principal AI Engineer at Alo Yoga

WHY JOIN ALOMindful movement. Its at the core of why we do what we do at ALOits our calling. Because mindful movement in the studio leads to better living. It changes who yogis are off the mat making their lives and their communities better. Thats the real meaning of studio-to-street: taking the consciousness from practice on the mat and putting it into practice in life.OVERVIEWJoin ALOs Artificial Intelligence and Data Science team to explore the frontiers of applied AI in wellness fashion and retail. Youll build intelligent systems that power personalization content generation computer vision and decision automation.Were looking for a hands-on AI Engineer who loves to build. Youll design and deploy bespoke high-impact AI solutions that stretch across product design marketing supply chain customer experience and engineering. Some projects will be fast-turnaround proofs of concept; others will grow into scalable internal platforms. Youll balance the art of creative experimentation with the discipline of technical rigorknowing when to build from scratch and when to leverage what already exists.RESPONSIBILITIESBuild bespoke AI solutions to accelerate business outcomesanything from product image generation to conversational assistants or process automation.Prototype rapidly using APIs open models and cloud-native services to validate ideas and demonstrate value.Design for scaletransition ad hoc experiments into maintainable production-grade systems or reusable components.Evaluate external AI platforms and tools for integration potential cost and business fit.Collaborate cross-functionally with marketing design supply chain retail operations and engineering teams to translate real problems into AI-enabled solutions.Implement responsible AI practices that ensure transparency fairness and explainability across applications.Mentor and coach peers in practical AI adoption and experimentation.QUALIFICATIONS10 years of experience in a data or software engineering field.MS or PhD in Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning or Data Science.Equal parts builder hacker and architectyou can ship a working demo in a day but think in systems that can scale for years.Comfortable working without a mapyou thrive in ambiguity and see constraints as creative opportunities.Skilled in Python SQL and cloud AI platforms (AWS GCP Azure) and fluent in modern AI frameworks (LangChain Hugging Face OpenAI etc.).Strong grasp of ML fundamentals (classification NLP computer vision embeddings) and practical data engineering.Experience in integrating AI into business workflowse.g. automating content generation demand forecasting or intelligent search.Naturally curious about the intersection of human creativity and artificial intelligence and driven by impact not novelty.Experience in implementing / developing model evaluation frameworks.Why ALOJoin a team shaping the intersection ofwellness fashion and technology. At ALO data isnt just numbersits the heartbeat behind immersive experiences purposeful products and global community connection.The base salary range for this position is $180000-$235000 per year which represents the current range for the base salary for this exempt position. Please note that actual salaries will vary based on factors including but not limited to location experience and performance. As such on occasion and when applicable there is the possibility that the final agreed-upon base salary may be outside of the upper end of the range. Please also note the range listed is just one component of the companys total rewards package for exempt employees. Other rewards may include performance bonuses long term incentives a PTO policy and many other progressive benefits.For CA residents Job Applicant Privacy PolicyHERE.Required Experience:Staff IC Key Skills Design,Academics,AutoCAD 3D,Cafe,Fabrication,Java Employment Type : Full-Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1 Yearly Salary Salary: 180000 - 235000