Specialist Data & AI BUILD Program

About the Role

The Acuity Inc. BUILD program is a two-year rotational experience designed to develop high-potential early career talent into impactful professionals through hands-on experience. Participants will rotate to a different functional area every six months to build business acumen and skill proficiency. Upon completion of BUILD, participants will have developed broad business understanding, functional expertise, and professional skills for future career opportunities across Acuity. This program is designed for early-career talent who are curious, adaptable, and motivated to grow through hands-on experience.

The Data & AI BUILD Program is a two-year rotational program designed to develop emerging talent into future leaders across data, artificial intelligence, product, and technology. Participants complete four rotations across areas such as data engineering, analytics, AI solutions, product management, cloud/platform, and database engineering, gaining hands-on experience delivering AI-enabled capabilities. This opportunity is ideal for early-career professionals passionate about innovation, collaboration, and applying data and AI to solve real business challenges.

This role is Hybrid and based in Atlanta, GA.

Key Responsibilities

Participants will have the opportunity to rotate into four of the following areas throughout the 2-year program:

• Data Engineering & Data Operations: Support data movement, cleansing, transformation, integration, and pipeline development for analytics and AI use cases.
• Analytics & Business Intelligence: Develop reporting, dashboards, usage metrics, and insights to support business operations and strategic decisions.
• AI Solutions & Business Applications: Partner with technical and business teams to identify and support AI-driven opportunities across enterprise functions.
• Product & Business Requirements: Translate business needs into product, data, and AI requirements.
• AI Product Management: Contribute to roadmap planning, prioritization, experimentation, and adoption of AI-enabled capabilities.
• DevOps / MLOps / Platform / Cloud / Infrastructure: Gain exposure to cloud environments, deployment practices, automation, monitoring, and scalable technology platforms.
• Database Engineering: Assist with database design, optimization, reliability, and performance to support enterprise data and AI workloads.
• Data Governance & Responsible AI: Support data quality, governance, privacy, and responsible AI practices.

Additional Program Activities

• Specialized onboarding for integration into the organization and program.
• One-on-one mentorship from a technology leader.
• Social and networking events.
• Opportunities to learn about various business processes and initiatives with program peers.
• Leadership report-out meetings and performance reviews.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Familiarity with Agile software development, roadmaps, and user story writing (Preferred).
• Exposure to AI or emerging technologies through coursework, research, or internships (Preferred).
• Experience with cloud environments, deployment practices, automation, monitoring, and scalable technology platforms (Preferred).
• Experience with database design, optimization, reliability, and performance (Preferred).

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree.
• 0 to 2 years of applicable work experience.
• Strong learning agility, communication skills, ownership, and critical thinking.
• Willingness to seek feedback, solve problems, and contribute in a fast-paced environment.
• Enjoy learning and taking on new challenges.
• Take ownership and follow through on commitments.
• Collaborate effectively with others.
• Seek feedback and continuously improve.
• Embrace technology and new ways of working.
• Excited to build a long-term career at Acuity.
• Proven innovative problem-solvers (Preferred).
• Agents for change (Preferred).
• Experienced leaders of people and processes (Preferred).
• Excellent time management (Preferred).
• Comfortable with taking initiative (Preferred).
• Team-oriented (Preferred).
• Excellent written and verbal communicators (Preferred).

Preferred Degree Fields: Computer Science or Information Technology.