Direct Client - AI Agent Engineer

Austin, TX, US • Posted 1 day ago • Updated 36 minutes ago
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Skills

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • LangChain
  • LLMs
  • OpenAI
  • Model Context Protocol
  • AI deployment

Summary

Role: Senior AI Agent Engineer

Location: Austin, TX

Duration: Long term

Rates: DOE (best in market for sure)

Prefer locals

Visa: H1B/H1B-T/ EAD/USC

Are we direct with customer: Yes (NO hidden layers)

Turn around for interview and start date 3 weeks

AI Agent Engineer Designs and develops AI-driven agentic solutions, including autonomous workflows and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, to enhance productivity, automate processes, and support intelligent decision-making with a focus on governance, security, and cost efficiency.

Researching, designing, implementing and managing software programs. Testing and evaluating new programs. Working closely with other developers, UX designers, business and systems analysts.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Experience in AI/ML engineering or advanced data science 5 yrs
  • Proven track record of building and deploying production-grade autonomous agents. 5 yrs
  • Strong experience in context engineering 5 yrs
  • Deep experience with LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, or AutoGPT 5 yrs
  • Experience implementing RAG architectures using vector databases 4 yrs
  • Proficiency in Python and AI/ML libraries (OpenAI, Hugging Face, Azure AI) 6 yrs
  • Experience integrating LLMs via APIs Knowledge of AI governance, model lifecycle management, and evaluation 6yrs
  • Experience implementing and extending the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to provide LLMs with secure, standardized access to local and remote data sources Experience implementing AI guardrails, content filtering, and safety controls 5 yrs
  • Understanding of data privacy and handling of sensitive data (PII/PHI) 5yrs
  • Experience building multi-agent or autonomous agentic workflows 4 yrs
  • Experience optimizing LLM cost, token usage, and performance 4 yrs
  • Familiarity with enterprise AI deployment patterns and scalability considerations 4 yrs

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  • Dice Id: 10493233
  • Position Id: 2026-2604
  • Posted 1 day ago
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