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# Senior AI Engineer, Agentic Systems - W2 Role

- **Company:** SVATS INC
- **Location:** Plano, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $120,000.0 - $160,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Software Debugging, Java Web Services, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Large Language Models, Multi-Agent Systems, Generative AI, Backend, Kubernetes
- **Published:** August 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/use4628d3974ab370975aca7615eceda00

## About the Role

* 7+ years of software engineering experience, with demonstrated experience building and shipping production systems.
 * Hands-on production experience with agentic AI or GenAI applications, including deployment, monitoring, debugging, and operating agents at scale.
 * Strong Python engineering skills, with the ability to work effectively in production AI and agentic system environments.
 * Java experience or willingness to work daily within a Java service layer, especially where enterprise systems require integration with existing backend services.
 * Experience with agent frameworks and orchestration technologies, including LangChain and/or LangGraph.
 * Familiarity with production infrastructure for AI systems, including Kubernetes-based deployment environments.
 * Ability to explain shipped system architecture and failure modes, including what was deployed, how it was monitored, where it failed, and how issues were resolved.
 * Comfort working in a senior contract delivery model where the expectation is faster delivery and limited ramp-up investment.

Preferred Qualifications

 * Experience with LangGraph as a production orchestration layer.
 * Experience with vLLM or comparable model-serving infrastructure.
 * Experience in regulated-industry or financial-services technology environments, especially where enterprise scale and production-path stakes are important.
 * Experience working with business stakeholders to deliver end-to-end AI use cases, not only platform or prototype work.
 * Ability to operate in an onsite or hybrid delivery model, especially in a market such as NYC where the attachment notes a deeper finance-AI contractor pool.

## Description

We are seeking a Senior AI Engineer, Agentic Systems to design, build, and operate production-grade agentic AI solutions for enterprise-scale use cases. This role requires hands-on experience shipping AI systems into production, operating them reliably, debugging real-world failure modes, and exposing enterprise capabilities as tools or skills for LLM-powered agents. The ideal candidate combines strong Python engineering, practical agent orchestration experience, and the ability to partner with business stakeholders to own use cases from concept through production delivery.


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