Job DescriptionRole: AI Engineer - Agent Development
Location: Richardson, TX - Hybrid (Tuesday-Thursday onsite)
Duration: Through February 28, 2027, with possible extension
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Employment: Contract, with potential FTE conversion
Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship. No C2C or third-party applicants.Job Overview:We are seeking an experienced AI Engineer to design, build, and deploy production-grade AI agents using Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) and modern agent frameworks. You will build multi-agent systems that integrate with enterprise data platforms, APIs, and business applications while taking solutions from prototype to reliable production.
Key Responsibilities - Design and develop AI agents and multi-agent workflows using Google ADK or comparable frameworks.
- Implement agent orchestration including tool use, function calling, sub-agent delegation, and state/session management.
- Integrate AI agents with enterprise data sources such as Snowflake, Salesforce, and internal APIs.
- Deploy and scale AI solutions on Google Cloud / Vertex AI.
- Evaluate and optimize agent performance, latency, reliability, and cost.
- Build testing, observability, guardrails, and safety controls for AI agents.
- Partner with data engineering and platform teams to ensure agents have access to reliable, governed data.
- Deliver AI capabilities that reduce manual effort and provide measurable business value.
Must-Have Qualifications: - 8+ years of software engineering experience, including recent hands-on experience in applied AI/agent development.
- 3+ years of AI engineering experience preferred within the overall software engineering background.
- Strong Python development skills.
- Hands-on experience building AI agents using Google ADK or comparable frameworks such as LangGraph, AutoGen, or CrewAI.
- Experience with LLM APIs such as Gemini, Claude, OpenAI, or similar.
- Strong understanding of agent architecture, including planning, tool orchestration, memory/state, and multi-agent coordination.
- Experience building and integrating REST APIs and backend services.
- Experience deploying applications on Google Cloud Platform, including familiarity with Vertex AI, Cloud Run, IAM, and Secrets Manager.
- Experience shipping AI features to production, beyond proof-of-concept or prototype development.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work independently in a fast-changing environment.
Preferred Qualifications: - Experience with Model Context Protocol (MCP) or similar agent-to-tool integration standards.
- Strong SQL skills, preferably with Snowflake.
- Experience with Snowflake Cortex / Cortex Analyst.
- Familiarity with Salesforce data models and object relationships.
- Experience with LLM/agent evaluation frameworks.
- Experience integrating AI agents with React/Next.js, Node.js, or NestJS applications.
- TypeScript/JavaScript experience.
What Success Looks Like: - Reliable and observable AI agents operating successfully in production.
- Clean integration between AI agents and enterprise data and systems.
- Reduced manual effort through effective, well-designed agent automation.
Ready to build the next generation of enterprise AI agents? Apply today to be considered for this opportunity!Meet Your RecruiterKhalid Vaani
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