Forward Deployed Agent Builder | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Purchasing Power, LLC; India; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Purchasing Power, a PROG Holdings unit, is seeking a Forward Deployed Agent Builder to join the Chennai team. You will work with business and product teams to identify AI-driven workflows, design agent architectures, and deploy solutions that streamline real-world processes.

The role blends agent engineering with product thinking, requiring strong communication and hands-on experience in LangChain/LangGraph, RAG pipelines, and enterprise integrations.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and building AI-powered workflows.
• Strong skills in LangChain/ LangGraph and multi-agent architectures.
• Experience with RAG pipelines and vector databases.
• Knowledge of API integrations and enterprise systems.
• Familiarity with observability tools and evaluating AI solutions.
• Excellent communication and product-design sense.

Responsibilities

• Frame business problems and translate them into AI workflows and data needs.
• Design and develop agent workflows using LangChain and LangGraph.
• Build multi-agent architectures with ReAct and supervisor models.
• Design end-to-end RAG using Copilot and vector databases.
• Implement memory systems for context and continuity.
• Integrate agents with APIs and enterprise systems.
• Create usable AI experiences with UX-focused thinking.

Skills

LangChain

LangGraph

Multi-agent systems

RAG pipelines

API integrations

Observability

Product design

UX awareness

Tools

Copilot Studio

Power Platform

MCP

Cursor

Claude

Job description

Purchasing Power is a leading employee purchase program that helps people buy the products and services they need through the convenience of payroll deduction. As part of PROG Holdings (NYSE: PRG), a FinTech holding company with more than 20 years of experience, we're focused on building simple, responsible financial solutions that put people first. PROG Holdings’ portfolio includes Progressive Leasing, a market leader in lease‑to‑own solutions, Purchasing Power, and Four, a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform — all united by a commitment to innovation, access, and meaningful impact.

Position: Forward Deployed Agent Builder

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Who Are We: Purchasing Power (corp.purchasingpower.com)

We are an Atlanta-based voluntary benefit company offering an industry-leading employee purchase program for brand-name consumer products, online education services and travel offerings through convenient payroll deduction, helping employees achieve financial flexibility.

The Opportunity:

Purchasing Power , one of Atlanta's fastest growing e-retailers is seeking a Forward Deployed Agent Builder to join our team in Chennai, India. Work directly with business and product teams to identify high-value problems and design, build, and deploy AI agents that solve real-world workflows. This role combines agent engineering, product thinking, and strong communication.

What You Will Do:

• Business Problem Framing & Solution Design- Break down complex business problems into AI-solvable components, translate requirements into workflows, tools, and data needs, communicate solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Agent Design & Development - Build agent workflows using LangChain and LangGraph, implement multiagent architectures (ReAct, supervisor models), optimize for latency, cost, and accuracy
• RAG & Knowledge Systems - Design end-to-end RAG using Copilot, work with vector databases (Pinecone, Qdrant, Weaviate, pgvector)
• Memory Architecture - Implement short-term and long-term memory systems, optimize context handling and continuity
• Enterprise Integration- Integrate agents via APIs, MCP, and enterprise systems,
• M365 & Business Applications - Build agents using Copilot Studio, Power Automate, and Power Apps, Integrate with Microsoft Graph, Teams, and SharePoint
• UX & Product Thinking- Design usable and intuitive AI experiences

Core Skills:

• Agent frameworks: LangChain, LangGraph
• Multi-agent systems and architectures
• RAG pipelines and vector databases
• API integrations and enterprise systems
• Observability and evaluation tools
• Strong communication and product design sense
• UX awareness (plus)

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Copilot Studio and Power Platform
• MCP, Skills knowledge
• AI-assisted coding tools (Cursor, Claude)
• Forward-deployed or solution engineering experience

What We Stand For:

• We act with intensity, urgency and a passion for supporting our customers and growing our business. We strive for excellence.
• We hold ourselves accountable and expect it of each other. We attack problems with a positive "can do" attitude. We do what we say we'll do.
• We deliver as one team, working together with integrity, respect, trust, transparency, and fun. We are better because we work here.
• We believe our unique diversity and authenticity makes us a better company, allows us to be our best selves and is a competitive advantage.
• We exhibit innate curiosity and creativity to innovate and reimagine how things can be done. We ask, is there a better way?

Purchasing Power welcomes and encourages diversity in the workplace. We do not discriminate in any aspect of employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where Purchasing Power does business.