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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # AI Engineer - Agentic Systems - **Company:** IBM - **Location:** Dallas, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure, Continuous Integration, Memory Management, Azure Machine Learning, Search Technologies, Enterprise Application Integration, Data Logging, Enterprise Software Applications, Large Language Models, Multi-Agent Systems, Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Operational Systems, Data Management, Machine Learning Operations, Virtual Agents, Microservices - **Published:** August 16, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/c8ed870f-a5f8-41aa-ab1b-b7a40cde9e28 ## About the Role Bachelor's Degree Preferred education Master's Degree Required technical and professional expertise * 7+ years designing, developing, and deploying scalable AI applications leveraging LLMs, RAG architectures, and agentic AI workflows. * Build and operationalize AI orchestration pipelines using frameworks such as LangChain and LangGraph. * Develop AI agents capable of tool calling, contextual retrieval, memory/state management, multi-agent coordination, and autonomous workflow execution. * Implement MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration patterns to enable secure, modular interoperability between AI agents, enterprise systems, tools, and data sources. * Support the industrialization of AI capabilities through reusable architecture patterns, standardized deployment frameworks, monitoring, testing, evaluation pipelines, and operational support models. * Develop and integrate enterprise-grade APIs, vector databases, workflow platforms, and operational systems into AI-enabled business processes. * Implement AI governance, security, logging, guardrails, and human-in-the-loop controls to support responsible and scalable AI adoption. * Contribute to CI/CD, LLMOps/MLOps, and cloud-native deployment practices supporting enterprise-scale AI delivery. Preferred technical and professional experience Preferred Skills Experience with agentic frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, Semantic Kernel, or CrewAI Familiarity with vector databases (e.g., Azure AI Search, Pinecone, Weaviate) for RAG implementations Knowledge of MLOps practices and CI/CD pipelines for AI model deployment and lifecycle management Experience with enterprise integration patterns and connecting AI solutions to CRMs, ERPs, or data platforms, Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background. Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do. Are you ready to be an IBMer?, IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship. ## Description We are seeking a skilled AI Engineer to join an active enterprise AI engagement in a hands-on, client-facing capacity. This is a senior individual contributor role requiring deep technical proficiency in Agentic AI - you will be expected to operate independently, interact directly with the client, and deliver with minimal oversight. You will be responsible for building, fine-tuning, and operationalizing AI solutions on Azure, with a specific focus on agentic workflows, prompt engineering, RAG pipelines, and production-grade model deployment. The client expects a high-caliber engineer who can perform from day one. 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