AI Automation Engineer / AI Agent Developer

Title: AI Agent Architect

Job Type: Contract

Contract Length: 12 months

Pay Range: $50-175/hr

Start Date: ASAP

Location: Remote

About The Opportunity Our client, a leader in AI solutions and technology, is looking for a skilled AI Agent Architect to join their team for a [Contract Duration] engagement. This project involves designing and deploying autonomous AI agentic workflows to automate multi-step business processes. This is a high-impact role that requires a self-motivated professional who can hit the ground running and deliver results quickly.

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables This role is focused on the successful completion of specific tasks and deliverables. Your responsibilities will include:

• Designing and deploying autonomous agentic workflows using frameworks like LangChain, CrewAI, or AutoGPT to automate multi-step business processes.
• Building and maintaining custom tool-calling integrations (Function Calling) that allow LLMs to interact securely with internal APIs and databases.
• Optimizing state management and long-term memory for AI agents to ensure consistency over complex, multi-turn tasks.
• Implementing error-handling and "human-in-the-loop" protocols to manage non-deterministic AI outputs and hallucinations.
• Collaborating with product teams to translate high-level automation goals into executable technical agent architectures.

Required Skills & Experience: We are looking for someone with a proven track record of successful contract engagements. The ideal candidate will have:

• 3+ years of experience in software automation or AI development.
• Deep expertise in Python, LangChain, and API orchestration. This isn't a learning role—you need to be a subject matter expert.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and manage your own time effectively to meet project goals.
• Experience with Vector Databases (Pinecone, Weaviate), Git version control, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong communication skills to provide clear and concise status updates to the project team.