Agentic Engineering Specialist

TIAA; Woodbridge Township (NJ); On-site; USD 170,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

TIAA is seeking an Agentic Engineering Specialist to design and build the AI-driven backbone of our enterprise data estate. This hands-on role targets engineers who operate at the intersection of applied AI and production systems engineering.

You will ship intelligent agents and LLM-powered capabilities across a heterogeneous data landscape, from concept to production, ensuring scalable, cost-efficient, and reliable AI solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Full Stack Development experience.
• Experience with graph, vector, document, and relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship AI agents and agentic workflows into production environments.
• Design systems that synthesize data across graph, document (MongoDB), and vector data sources into outputs.
• Develop memory and context management strategies for LLM applications, including context window optimization.
• Engineer agent iteration and self-correction loops that are reliable and bounded.
• Build and optimize RAG architectures using LangChain and LangGraph.
• Apply deep expertise in graph database query languages, data modeling, and performance tuning.
• Design and implement agents using Agent Core or comparable frameworks.
• Optimize prompt engineering and LLM interaction patterns for cost, latency, and quality.
• Bring robust testing, CI/CD, and source control to AI system development.

Skills

Full Stack Development

Multiple databases

Education

University degree preferred

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

Agent Core

MongoDB

Redis

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Job description

Agentic Engineering Specialist

TIAA is seeking an Agentic Engineering Specialist to design and build the AI-driven backbone of our enterprise data estate. This is a hands-on builder role for a hardcore engineer with real-world AI experience—someone who lives at the intersection of applied AI and production systems engineering.

This Role will design and ship intelligent agents, agentic workflows, and LLM-powered capabilities that operate across a heterogeneous data landscape spanning graph, vector, and document databases. You will bring engineering rigor to a domain that often lacks it, taking agentic systems from concept through production deployment while navigating the operational realities of running LLMs at scale.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship AI agents and agentic workflows into production environments, moving well beyond prototypes and proofs of concept
• Design systems that synthesize and reconcile data across graph, document (MongoDB), and vector data sources into coherent, reliable outputs
• Develop memory and context management strategies for LLM applications, including context window optimization and multi-turn state handling
• Engineer agent iteration and self-correction loops that are both reliable and bounded
• Build and optimize RAG architectures using orchestration frameworks such as LangChain and LangGraph
• Apply deep expertise in graph database query languages, data modeling, and performance tuning to support agentic reasoning at scale
• Design and implement agents using Agent Core or comparable agentic frameworks
• Optimize prompt engineering and LLM interaction patterns for cost, latency, and output quality
• Bring strong software engineering discipline—robust testing, CI/CD, and source control practices to AI system development

Educational Requirements

• University (Degree) Preferred

Work Experience

• 5+ Years Required; 7+ Years Preferred

Career Level 9IC

Required Skills

• 5 years’ experience with Full Stack Development
• Experience with multiple database types: graph, vector, document, and/or relational databases.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building Agentic AI Solutions.
• Experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol), CrewAI, or similar emerging agentic frameworks
• Familiarity with Redis for caching, session state, or short-term memory implementations
• Experience with cloud-native deployment on OpenShift or Kubernetes
• Exposure to code modernization tooling such as Moderne
• Full-stack development experience
• Prior experience mentoring or setting technical direction for a team

Related Skills

Agile Methodology, Continuous Integration and Deployment, Data Analysis, Debugging, DevOps, Enterprise Application Integration, Operating Systems Management, Problem Solving, Programming, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle, Web Application Development

Anticipated Posting End Date

2026-10-16

Base Pay Range

$170,000/yr - $245,000/yr

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, the competitive compensation package may include, depending on the role, participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example, annual discretionary incentive programs, non-annual sales incentive plans, or other non-annual incentive plans).

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