AI Engineer

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AI Engineer - Agentic AI Solutions for Automated Decision Making

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About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced AI Engineer to join our team in developing an agentic AI solution designed to streamline and automate decision making against data lakes. This is a unique opportunity to work on a mission-critical system that leverages Generative AI (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) to deliver real-world impact in a regulated environment.

You will collaborate closely with architects, product managers, and engineers to design, build, and optimize AI-driven workflows that meet stringent compliance and performance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Agentic AI Development: Architect and implement agent-based AI systems to manage complex, multi-step permitting workflows.

• Prompt Engineering & Orchestration: Design, test, and refine prompts and system instructions for LLMs to ensure accuracy and reliability.

• Integration & Automation: Build backend services and APIs to integrate AI components with federal systems and cloud infrastructure.

• Model Evaluation & Compliance: Develop evaluation frameworks to monitor LLM performance, ensuring outputs meet regulatory standards.

• Scalable Architecture: Design solutions that are secure, cost-effective, and optimized for AWS cloud environments.

• Continuous Improvement: Iterate based on metrics, user feedback, and compliance audits to enhance system performance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering or solution architecture.

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Python in production environments.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen

• Strong expertise in AWS cloud architecture and cost optimization strategies.

• Familiarity with LLMs, Generative AI, and agentic AI frameworks - with emphasis on Claude and Bedrock.

• Experience with prompt engineering, RAG pipelines, and vector databases.

• Familiarity with Geospatial data integration with ESRI products.

• Knowledge of federal compliance requirements and secure system design.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a distributed, remote team.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with workflow automation and orchestration tools such as salesforce.

• Background in NLP, knowledge graphs, and structured output validation.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and evaluation tooling for AI systems.

Why Join Us?

• Work on cutting-edge AI solutions with real-world impact.

• Collaborate with a highly skilled, mission-driven team.

• Enjoy a remote-first culture with flexibility and autonomy.

• Competitive compensation and benefits.

Special Requirements

• Three years of continuous U.S. residency for government security credential.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a national agency check and background investigation for government facility access.

• Experience and/or education in lieu of these qualifications may be considered.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen

Benefits

• Competitive benefits: 401K with match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending, disability, paid time off, flexible schedule.

• Career advancement through professional training and development.

• Benefits may be aligned with partner companies for government contracting.

• More details: https://careers.kbr.com/us/en/kbr-benefits?

Ready to join KBR and develop your career in cloud engineering while contributing to innovative and impactful projects? Apply today

KBR partners with several other companies to fulfill its requirements as a government contractor. The selected subcontracting companies align their benefits as closely as possible to those above.

KBR Benefits ?

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.?

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