AI Engineer

Job Description

About Suffolk

Suffolk is a national enterprise that builds, innovates and invests. Suffolk is an end-to-end business that provides value throughout the entire project lifecycle by leveraging its core construction management services with vertical service lines that include real estate capital investment, design, self-perform construction services, technology start-up investment (Suffolk Technologies) and innovation research / development.

Suffolk – America’s Contractor – is a national company with more than $5.0 billion in annual revenue, 2,600 employees, and main offices in Boston (headquarters), New York City, Miami, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Estero, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego. Suffolk manages some of the most complex, sophisticated projects in the country, serving clients in every major industry sector, including healthcare, life sciences, education, gaming, transportation / aviation, government, mission critical and commercial. Suffolk is privately held and is led by founder, chairman and CEO John Fish. Suffolk is ranked #8 on ENR’s list of “Top CM-at-Risk Contractors.” For more information, visit www.suffolk.com and follow Suffolk on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram.

At Suffolk, we believe that our total rewards program should offer you and your family the support you need when it matters most. That’s why we have created a program that provides employees with access to a wide variety of options that can be personalized to support you and your loved ones physically, emotionally, and financially.

Benefits include, competitive salaries, auto allowances and gas cards for certain roles, access to market leading medical and emotional and mental health benefits, dental, and vision insurance plans, virtual care options for physical therapy and primary care, generous paid time off, 401k plan with employer match and access to expert financial resources, company paid and voluntary life insurance, tax deferred savings accounts, 10 backup daycare days each year, short- and long-term disability, commuter benefits and more. For more information, click here.

Role

Join Suffolk’s AI Studio in Boston as a core engineer transforming how AI powers construction management. Partnering with Product Managers, Site AI Engineers and Data Engineers, you’ll solve pain points, redesign workflows, and deploy AI agents that cut down reporting, accelerate RFIs, simplify lookahead planning, progress updates, materials tracking, and more. You’ll focus on building secure, scalable, and high-performance AI agents using modern technologies including AWS Bedrock, and Databricks — shaping the backbone of Suffolk’s “Construction Site of the Future.”

The AI Engineer (AI Studio) builds the foundation that enables jobsite AI to scale. You’ll focus on technical excellence, platform reliability, and scalable agent frameworks, enabling field teams to transform how construction projects are executed.

Responsibilities

AI Product Engineering & Deployment

• Translate product requirements and user stories into production-grade AI solutions using AWS Bedrock, Lambda, ECS / EKS, and Databricks.
• Implement RAG pipelines with Delta tables, Unity Catalog, and Vector Search.
• Design and deploy multi-model agents that dynamically select between LLMs (Claude, GPT, Llama, Titan, etc.) based on task context, cost, and latency.
• Implement multi-agent orchestration frameworks enabling collaboration among specialized agents (e.g., data retriever, planner, summarizer, and action executor) for complex construction workflows.
• Own full lifecycle delivery — design, development, testing, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.

Full-Stack & Backend Development

Data Engineering & Integration

DevOps & Platform Automation

Collaboration & Communication

Qualifications

Working Conditions

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; talk or hear; perform fine motor, hand and finger skills in the use of a keyboard, telephone, or writing. The employee is frequently required to stands; walk; and reach with arms and / or hands. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. The employee will spend their time in an office environment with a quiet to moderate noise level. Job site walking.

EEO Statement

Suffolk provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, national origin, citizenship, genetic information, disability, protected veteran, gender identity, age or any other status protected by law. This policy applies to recruiting, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Suffolk will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination toward, or harassment of, applicants or employees by anyone at Suffolk, or anyone working on behalf of Suffolk.