Applications Integration Engineer

Kairos Power

Oak Ridge, TN

Full Time

Posted October 14, 2026

$70k - $85k· Est.

Nuclear Energy

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Job Description

Kairos Power is seeking an Applications Integration Engineer embedded directly within the Operations Team in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Key Responsibilities

Troubleshoot integration failures, application defects, and data-flow issues across connected systems, and implement appropriate corrective actions.
Validate application behavior and outputs against defined operational requirements, source data, and acceptance criteria before deployment or release.
Monitor deployed applications and integrations for reliability, performance, and data-quality issues and support timely remediation.
Identify high-value operational problems through direct engagement with field teams and translate them into practical AI-enabled solutions.
Build applications and workflows for work-instruction augmentation, lessons-learned capture, RFI support, configuration monitoring, engineering-change impact analysis, operational dashboards, and related use cases.
Develop RAG pipelines and application logic that combine controlled enterprise knowledge with operational workflows.
Integrate applications with approved APIs, MCP servers, model gateways, MES, PLM, ERP, issue-tracking systems, schedules, and other enterprise capabilities.
Develop structured outputs suitable for controlled downstream systems while preserving human review and approval.
Prototype rapidly with operational users, observe real use, and iterate based on field feedback.
Implement testing, evaluation, error handling, source traceability, observability, and appropriate human-in-the-loop controls.
Work with the Enterprise AI, Infosec, and IT teams on reusable integrations and deployment and maintenance of operational tools.
Help Build Engineers and Operations Engineers develop their own lightweight tools and raise the AI fluency of the broader Operations organization.
Maintain strong understanding of build execution and remain physically connected to the work.
Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Engineering, or another technical discipline with strong demonstrated software capability, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
Typically 2+ years of software, data, automation, AI/ML, or technically sophisticated engineering experience; exceptional new graduates with substantial project portfolios may be considered.
Strong Python proficiency and working knowledge of APIs, JSON, SQL, Git, testing, and modern software development.
Hands-on experience building and deploying LLM applications, RAG systems, agents/tool-use workflows, or AI-enabled automation.
Hands-on experience integrating applications with APIs, databases, or other software systems and troubleshooting application, data, or integration issues.
Familiarity with one or more LLM orchestration or retrieval frameworks, vector databases, structured-output/schema tools, AI evaluation or tracing tools, and cloud or containerized deployment environments is preferred.
Familiarity with MCP client/server concepts or comparable approaches for integrating AI applications with tools and enterprise systems is preferred.
Familiarity with cloud services and containerized application deployment in AWS, Azure, GCP, or comparable environments is preferred.
Familiarity with operational enterprise systems and engineering data such as MES, PLM, ERP, issue-tracking/work-management systems, Git repositories, CAD/BOM data, or comparable systems and data sources is preferred.
Experience in industrial operations, manufacturing, aerospace, energy, construction, robotics, hardware integration, or other physical operations is strongly preferred.
Occasionally requires working weekends
Occasionally requires schedule flexibility
Occasionally requires extended hours to support launch and critical project timelines

Benefits & Perks

We know that we have some of the most talented and dedicated employees, and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, full-time employees (excludes interns) expect to have access to the benefits below:
Competitive compensation packages
Medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
Paid Vacation
401(k) and pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits (FSA)
Candidates only, no recruiters or agencies please.
Note: You are applying for a position that is located in a facility that handles information that is subject to export control restrictions by the Department of Energy under 10 CFR Part 810. To work in this facility, you need to be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information. Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries that are not on the Department of Energy’s general authorization list (link below) are not permitted to work in our facility unless the Department of Energy issues an export control license to the company to permit that individual to have access to Part 810-controlled information. The following questions are intended to determine the licensing requirements that may apply. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/10/appendix-A_to_part_810