Agentic AI Engineer - Chicago, IL, Minneapolis, MN, Detroit, MI, Madison, WI, Columbus, OH.

Job Title: Agentic AI Engineer
Location: Chicago, IL, Minneapolis, MN, Detroit, MI, Madison, WI, Columbus, OH.
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Looking for W2 candidates. No C2C

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Agentic AI Engineer to design, develop, and deploy intelligent AI agents using Azure AI Foundry and modern AI agent frameworks. The ideal candidate will have strong software engineering experience, hands-on expertise in LLM-powered applications, and a proven ability to build scalable, production-grade multi-agent systems in cloud-native environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and deploy intelligent AI agents using Azure AI Foundry and Azure OpenAI.
• Build scalable, production-grade multi-agent systems for enterprise automation.
• Develop AI-powered applications leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and prompt engineering techniques.
• Implement agent orchestration using frameworks such as AutoGen, Semantic Kernel, LangChain, or similar Agent SDKs.
• Develop RESTful APIs, microservices, and event-driven applications to support AI solutions.
• Integrate AI agents with enterprise systems, databases, APIs, and SaaS platforms.
• Deploy and manage AI workloads in cloud-native environments using Azure services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, test, and optimize AI solutions.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices for AI application deployment.
• Containerize applications using Docker and deploy them on Kubernetes-based environments.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize AI agent performance in production.

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering with strong cloud-native application development experience.
• Strong programming skills in Python (preferred) or Java.
• Hands-on experience with Azure AI Foundry and Azure OpenAI.
• Experience developing AI agents using frameworks such as:
• AutoGen
• Semantic Kernel
• LangChain
• Agent SDKs
  

Technical Skills:

• Programming Languages
• Python
• Java
• AI & Machine Learning
• Azure AI Foundry
• Azure OpenAI
• Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Prompt Engineering
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Multi-Agent Systems