Senior Developer And Ai Innovation Lead

Overview Placement Type: Temporary Salary: $57.60-64 Hourly up to $64.00/hr Start Date: Jun 1, 2026 Senior Developer & AI Innovation Lead - Assortment Planning We are looking for a forward-thinking Senior Developer & AI Innovation Lead to join a global Sport Planning Technology team supporting Assortment Planning. This is a transformation-focused role where you will help modernize a critical planning tool used by business planners to build multi-season demand and assortment plans. Today, the system is heavily dependent on Excel and VBA.

Your mission is to help reimagine and rebuild it into a modern, cloud-native, AI-augmented platform that improves speed, accuracy, and usability for planners across multiple product categories. You will work directly with business planners and technical teams to design and deliver a next-generation planning experience that reduces cycle times, removes manual workflows, and introduces intelligent automation and AI-driven insights. What You'll Do Lead the modernization of a legacy planning system into a scalable, cloud-native platform Design and build data-intensive applications supporting multi-dimensional planning and forecasting Identify and implement AI/ML opportunities such as forecasting support, anomaly detection, and intelligent recommendations Partner directly with business planners to translate workflows into modern digital solutions Own end-to-end delivery including architecture, development, testing, and deployment Help define the long-term technical vision for planning tools and AI adoption What We're Looking For 5+ years of software development experience using Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, SQL, or cloud technologies Proven experience building AI/ML-powered features in production systems Experience modernizing or replacing legacy tools or workflows (e.G., Excel/VBA or manual processes) Strong background in building data-heavy applications with complex datasets and logic Ability to work directly with business stakeholders and translate needs into technical solutions Self-starter who can own a problem space from idea through delivery Nice to Have Experience in demand planning, supply chain, or merchandising systems Familiarity with planning platforms (Anaplan, Kinaxis, o9, etc.) Hands-on experience with LLMs, copilots, or AI agents in enterprise environments Cloud data platform experience (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery) Background in retail, consumer goods, or sports-related industries What Success Looks Like Modernized planning workflows replacing Excel/VBA dependencies AI features actively used by planners in day-to-day decision-making Faster planning cycles and improved usability for business users A scalable platform ready to expand across additional planning teams #LI-AJ1