Senior AI Agent Engineer

Encora; Colombia; Remote; COP 286,670,000 - 477,783,000; Full time

Job summary

Coforge is seeking a Senior AI Agent Engineer to design, develop, and deploy enterprise AI agents in a remote work model. You will work with Azure AI Foundry, Copilot Studio, and Python-based frameworks to build robust multi-agent systems for enterprise needs.

The role emphasizes grounding, retrieval, tool integration, and cost-aware deployment, with strong focus on observability, security, and collaboration with business users.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience.
• 2+ years developing Generative AI, AI assistant, or agent-based applications.
• Strong hands-on experience with Generative AI.
• Experience with Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, and Copilot Studio.
• Strong Python development skills and REST API integration.
• Experience with Semantic Kernel, MCP, and agent orchestration.
• Knowledge of Prompt Engineering and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
• Experience implementing guardrails, grounding, and context management.
• Knowledge of observability, monitoring, and production AI practices.
• Experience developing secure, testable enterprise apps.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/AI or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy enterprise AI agents, copilots, and multi-agent systems.
• Develop prompts, tool definitions, routing, and orchestration workflows with grounding and citations.
• Integrate AI agents with enterprise tools and APIs, and validate solutions with business users.
• Create automated evaluations and optimize agent quality, latency, observability, and cost.
• Support production monitoring and troubleshooting of AI applications.

Skills

Generative AI

Python

REST APIs

Azure AI Foundry

Azure OpenAI

Copilot Studio

Agent orchestration

Prompt engineering

RAG

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/AI

Tools

Semantic Kernel

MCP

Job description

Experience: 5+ YOE.

Mode: Remote

We at Coforge are hiring Senior AI Agent Engineer (#006fu00000bWsOCAA0-1) with the following skill set.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, and deploy enterprise AI agents, copilots, and multi-agent systems using Azure AI Foundry, Copilot Studio, Python-based frameworks, and other approved technologies.

Develop prompts, instructions, tool definitions, routing, and orchestration workflows while implementing grounding, citations, retrieval, context management, guardrails, and human-review patterns.

Integrate AI agents with enterprise tools and APIs, build rapid prototypes, and validate solutions with business users.

Create automated evaluations and continuously optimize agent quality, latency, reliability, observability, and cost while supporting production monitoring and troubleshooting.

Required Skills & Qualifications

5+ years of software development experience, including 2+ years developing Generative AI, AI assistant, or agent-based applications.

Strong hands-on experience with Generative AI (mandatory/deal-breaker skill).

Experience with Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, and Copilot Studio.

Strong Python development skills and experience integrating REST APIs and cloud services.

Experience with Semantic Kernel, MCP, and agent orchestration.

Strong knowledge of Prompt Engineering and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).

Experience implementing agent evaluation, guardrails, grounding, citations, and context management.

Knowledge of observability, monitoring, and continuous improvement practices for production AI applications.

Experience developing and deploying secure, testable enterprise applications.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.

Preferred Skills:

Advanced experience with Azure AI Foundry and Copilot Studio.

Experience with Semantic Kernel, MCP, multi-agent systems, or comparable orchestration frameworks.

Experience implementing RAG, automated evaluation pipelines, citations, and tool-use controls.

Azure AI Engineer or related certification.

At Coforge, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.