Senior Software Engineer - Agentic AI Platform

Salary: $124,800 - 135,200 per year Requirements: At least 5 years of software engineering experience. Strong proficiency in Python and working knowledge of at least one of Java, Go, or TypeScript. Hands-on experience building production REST or gRPC APIs and microservices. Experience with AWS or Azure, Docker or Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi. Working experience with LLM integration patterns, prompt engineering, or AI/ML application development; familiarity with LangChain, LangGraph, or similar orchestration tools. Preferred: experience with event-driven architectures such as Kafka or EventBridge, vector databases, observability tools such as Datadog, Splunk, or OpenTelemetry, agent evaluation frameworks, FastAPI or Flask, asynchronous Python, Redis or caching patterns, or the airline and travel industry. Writes clean, testable code; understands LLMs and agentic patterns; communicates clearly in code reviews; takes ownership and is comfortable operating production systems. Responsibilities: Develop and maintain agent orchestration services, tool registries, and execution runtimes. Build APIs and microservices for LLM integration, prompt management, and agent lifecycle management. Implement observability, logging, and monitoring for agentic workflows. Write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to support platform reliability. Collaborate with architects on design decisions and with ML engineers on model integration. Participate in on-call rotations to support the AI platform in production. Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and deployment automation. Technologies: Agentic AI AI AWS Azure CI/CD Datadog Docker FastAPI Flask Support Java Kafka Kubernetes LLM OpenTelemetry Pulumi Python REST Redis Splunk Terraform TypeScript gRPC microservices Cloud More: We are hiring a Senior Agentic AI Engineer for our Agentic System Layer team, which builds and maintains core platform components powering American Airlines agentic AI systems. This is a 12+ month contract based in Fort Worth, Texas, with an assignment end date of December 31, 2027. The role requires an in-person interview and a hybrid schedule: onsite Tuesday through Thursday and remote Monday and Friday. The pay range is $60–$65; compensation is determined by factors including role scope, location, market labor costs, and the candidates qualifications and experience. Full-time consultants have access to medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits, as well as applicable paid time off, sick leave, and other mandated benefits. last updated 41 week of 2026