Senior Java + Agentic AI Engineer

Senior Java + Agentic AI Engineer

Location: Bethesda, MD
Experience: 12years+

Job Summary

We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Java + Agentic AI Engineer to design and develop enterprise-grade Java applications integrated with cutting-edge Agentic AI solutions. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and practical expertise in building AI agents, LLM-powered applications, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions.

Required Skills
Java & Backend Development
12+ years of hands-on Java development experience
Java 17/21
Spring Boot 3.x, Spring Cloud
REST APIs and Microservices Architecture
Hibernate/JPA
Kafka or RabbitMQ
PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB
Redis
Docker & Kubernetes
Git, Maven, Jenkins/CI-CD
Multithreading and Concurrency
JUnit, Mockito, Testcontainers
Agentic AI (Must Have)
Hands-on experience building Agentic AI applications
Experience with one or more frameworks:
LangGraph
CrewAI
AutoGen
Semantic Kernel
OpenAI Agents SDK
Experience integrating Large Language Models (OpenAI GPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama)
Prompt Engineering
Tool Calling / Function Calling
Multi-Agent Orchestration
Structured LLM Outputs
AI Workflow Automation
RAG & AI Search
Hands-on experience implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Experience with Vector Databases such as Pinecone, ChromaDB, Weaviate, Milvus, or FAISS
Embedding Models and Semantic Search
Cloud & DevOps
AWS (Preferred)
Docker
Kubernetes
CI/CD Pipelines
Terraform (Preferred)
Responsibilities
Design and develop scalable Java-based enterprise applications.
Build and maintain Spring Boot microservices.
Develop and deploy Agentic AI solutions for enterprise use cases.
Build autonomous AI agents capable of planning, reasoning, and tool execution.
Design and implement RAG pipelines using vector databases.
Integrate AI solutions with enterprise APIs, databases, and Kafka.
Optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability.
Collaborate with architects, product owners, and cross-functional teams.
Follow coding standards, perform code reviews, and mentor junior engineers.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in Hospitality or Travel domain.
Experience deploying production-grade AI applications.
Knowledge of Model Context Protocol (MCP).
Experience with AI observability tools such as LangSmith or OpenTelemetry.     is this strong