AI Native Software Engineer

Overview

Seeking a hands-on AI Native Software Engineer to design, build, and deploy production-grade AI-driven systems within enterprise environments. The role focuses on implementing agent-based workflows, integrating AI platforms, and delivering scalable cloud-native solutions.

Required Skills & Experience

• Must be able and willing to travel 80-90% of the time to various customer sites
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring sponsorship
• 8–10+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong experience with cloud-native systems (APIs, microservices, containers, serverless)
• Experience building and deploying AI/LLM-based systems in production (agents, RAG, orchestration)
• Proficiency in Python, Java, or similar backend languages
• Experience with:
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Infrastructure as code
  • Monitoring and observability tools
• Hands-on experience with AI platforms (OpenAI, Claude, Vertex AI, or similar)

Preferred Experience

• Experience with agent frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI)
• Experience designing multi-agent or distributed AI systems
• Familiarity with enterprise-scale system integration
• Experience optimizing AI workloads for cost and performance

Responsibilities

AI Agent Engineering

• Design and implement AI agents, including:
  • Retrieval (RAG)
  • Orchestration workflows
  • Tool/function invocation
  • Policy-based routing
• Build evaluation frameworks for accuracy, latency, and reliability
• Implement observability and monitoring for agent lifecycle

AI Platform Integration

• Integrate with AI providers (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Vertex, open-source models)
• Build abstraction layers to support multi-model and multi-provider architectures
• Optimize model usage for performance, cost, and latency

Cloud-Native Development

• Develop scalable services using:
  • Microservices architecture
  • Containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Serverless and event-driven patterns
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Helm)
• Ensure production readiness, logging, monitoring, and fault tolerance

Application Development

• Build and deploy AI-powered applications aligned to business workflows
• Integrate AI systems into existing enterprise platforms and APIs
• Develop backend services and APIs supporting agent workflows

Testing & Performance

• Define and execute test strategies for AI systems
• Measure system performance (latency, throughput, accuracy, cost)
• Debug and optimize production systems

Scope & Expectations

• 100% hands-on engineering role (no people management)
• Deliver production-quality code and deployments
• Work within existing architecture and engineering standards
• Collaborate with client and internal engineering teams as needed
• Participate in technical design discussions (implementation-focused)

Benefits Overview

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.