Senior AI Engineer - Remote Backend & Agent Orchestration

AgileEngine; Perímetro Urbano Barranquilla; Presencial; COP 120.000.000 - 210.000.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Growth without limits

Competitive compensation

100% remote with flexible hours

Meaningful, modern projects

Collaborative culture

Well-being & support

Descripción de la vacante

AgileEngine is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to build AI-powered applications and MCP integrations connecting intelligent systems to business tools. Working in Java and/or Python, this role turns LLM capabilities into production-grade backend services, balancing performance, reliability, and cost.

Comfort moving between experimentation and production support matters here, with remote work and flexible hours for global collaboration.

Formación

• 4+ years in software/backend or applied AI engineering.
• Strong programming in Java and/or Python.
• Hands-on experience building AI-powered apps or integrating LLMs into production systems.
• Experience designing/building AI agents and orchestration workflows.
• Experience with MCP or similar integration patterns for external tools/APIs.
• Systems thinking: APIs, distributed systems, production software fundamentals.
• Familiarity with prompt design, context management, and reliability patterns.

Responsabilidades

• Design, build, and enhance AI-powered applications and backend services for internal or customer-facing use cases.
• Build and maintain AI agents and agentic workflows that can reason and orchestrate tasks.
• Develop MCP-based integrations and interfaces allowing AI systems to interact with external platforms.
• Implement prompt orchestration, context handling, tool calls, memory patterns, and evaluation workflows.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and architecture to define scalable AI patterns for development and deployment.
• Integrate LLM capabilities into software systems balancing performance, reliability, cost, and safety.
• Investigate production issues, improve quality and observability, and optimize AI workflow efficiency.
• Participate in code reviews, releases, and production incidents; contribute to best practices.

Conocimientos

Java

Python

AI engineering

MCP integration

API design

Distributed systems

Observability

English upper-intermediate

Descripción del empleo

AgileEngine is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to build AI-powered applications and MCP integrations connecting intelligent systems to business tools. Working in Java and/or Python, this role turns LLM capabilities into production-grade backend services, balancing performance, reliability, and cost.

Comfort moving between experimentation and production support matters here, with remote work and flexible hours for global collaboration.