Agentic AI Developer - Lead

Location: Occasional onsite work required in Atlanta, GA Duration: 6 month contract to hire About the Role Lead Engineer with 10+ years of full stack software development experience in JAVA or .NET, with a focus on backend. You will need solid experience in Python and professional experience with prompt engineering and agent development. Responsibilities Hands on experience with multiagent architectures, strong judgment in model and system design, and the ability to continuously improve AI system performance aligned to business priorities. 8+ years of experience in AI/ML, data science, or backend engineering, with significant handson work in agentic or GenAI systems Proven experience building productiongrade agentic AI systems, not just prototypes or demos Strong understanding of: Prompt engineering and agent orchestration Evaluation methodologies for LLM and agentic systems Demonstrated ability to make independent architectural and model decisions Strong SQL skills for data analysis and debugging Proficiency in Python and modern AI/ML tooling Experience deploying agentic systems in enterprise or regulated environments Exposure to MLOps, monitoring, and postdeployment optimization Experience aligning AI system performance with business KPIs Not an execution only LangChain / prompt engineering position Responsibilities Agentic AI System Design & Development Design and implement complex multiagent workflows using frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, Semantic Kernel, or equivalent Architect agent systems that incorporate planning, memory, tool orchestration, feedback loops, and safe control flows Own agent behavior endtoend, from prompt and tool design to runtime execution and iteration Evaluation & Performance Optimization Define and implement evaluation frameworks for agentic systems, including automated evaluation (e.g., LLMasjudge, metrics) and humanintheloop feedback Analyze agent outputs to identify failure modes, inefficiencies, hallucinations, and quality gaps Continuously enhance system performance across accuracy, latency, cost, reliability, and business impact #J-18808-Ljbffr GSquared Group