Job Title: AI Engineer

Duration: 6 Months

Location: 5 days Onsite at LaVista, NE or Lenexa, KS

Our customer is seeking an AI Engineer to design, develop, and operate intelligent AI systems supporting complex enterprise workflows. This role focuses heavily on backend engineering (approximately 70%) with additional contributions to frontend and user interface development (approximately 30%). The engineer will work closely with product managers and software teams to deliver scalable, secure, and AI-enabled capabilities into production environments.

This position involves building AI-driven services, multi-step workflows, and system integrations, particularly leveraging modern architectures such as large-language-model systems, agent-based workflows, and retrieval augmented generation (RAG). The role requires strong experience delivering backend services in cloud environments and familiarity with modern AI tooling.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and deploy AI-enabled services and agent based workflows
Build and maintain API-driven backend services supporting AI powered applications
Contribute to frontend components and user interfaces supporting AI workflows
Implement multi-step AI workflows with tool usage, data retrieval, and external system integrations
Integrate AI systems with enterprise data platforms and business systems
Develop and maintain observability, logging, and monitoring for AI services
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into technical solutions
Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, and governance requirements
Participate in architectural reviews and contribute to platform standards and best practices

Qualifications Required

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
3+ years of professional software engineering experience
Experience building and operating backend APIs and services
Hands on experience with MCPs and AI workflows
Experience designing and operating containerized services (Docker, sandboxing)
Hands-on experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems
Proficiency with SQL and relational database design
Experience deploying and operating cloud-native applications in production environments

Preferred

Experience designing or operating agent-based AI systems in enterprise environments
Experience with PostgreSQL
Prompt engineering experience
Familiarity with Claude Agent SDK, Anthropic tools, or similar agent frameworks
Experience with AI observability/tracing tools (e.g., LangFuse)
Experience using Node.js ORMs such as Prisma or Drizzle
Experience building APIs with Express, Fastify, or similar frameworks
Experience contributing to frontend/UI development for AI applications
Familiarity with React and modern frontend practices
Experience using Shadcn UI or similar component libraries
Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines

Tools and Technologies

Programming: C#, Python, Node.js (JavaScript/TypeScript), RESTful APIs
AI Systems: LLMs, MCPs, agent-based workflows, RAG systems
Data: SQL, relational modeling, PostgreSQL, Azure SQL
Cloud & Execution: Azure Container Apps, Docker, containerized services, Vercel Sandboxes or similar
Orchestration: Azure Functions Durable Task Scheduler, Vercel Workflows, or equivalents
Developer Tooling: Cursor IDE or similar AI-assisted IDEs; Git-based workflows

Best Regards,

Satya Satish J | Technical Recruiter | IT Minds LLC |

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