AI Agent Architect for Enterprise Automation (Hybrid)

University of Washington; Washington; Hybrid; USD 88,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Washington is seeking an AI Agent Builder to design, deploy, and enhance AI-powered agents and automation across UW campuses. The role focuses on building scalable AI tools, integrating with enterprise systems, and improving research and administrative workflows.

The position is a full-time hybrid role based in Seattle with three days in the office weekly, offering opportunities to shape UW's AI strategy and collaborate across IT and research domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Software Engineering, or related field or experience.
• 3+ years of professional software development experience with API integration.
• Demonstrated experience in AI/ML or LLM-based applications.
• Portfolio of deployed AI agent solutions or automation tools (GitHub, case studies).
• Experience building AI agents, chatbots, or conversational AI with modern LLM frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or open-source).
• Strong understanding of RAG, embeddings, vector search, and contextual grounding.
• Familiarity with vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, ChromaDB, pgvector).
• Experience with REST APIs, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), and Docker.
• Strong problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• AI Agent Design & Development: design, build, and iterate AI agents to improve performance and outcomes.
• Administrative & Workflow Automation: automate admin processes with AI-powered workflows and integrate with enterprise systems via APIs.
• Research Support: build AI tools for literature review, data analysis, grant writing, and knowledge synthesis.
• Custom Tools for Faculty & Staff: develop drafting assistants, scheduling agents, and data query tools; implement orchestration frameworks.
• Platform & Operations: monitor agent performance, usage analytics, and implement guardrails for responsible AI.

Skills

AI/ML development

LLM integration

RAG & embeddings

REST APIs

Cloud platforms

Docker

Vector databases

API integration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field

Tools

Pinecone

Weaviate

ChromaDB

pgvector

Job description

University of Washington is seeking an AI Agent Builder to design, deploy, and enhance AI-powered agents and automation across UW campuses. The role focuses on building scalable AI tools, integrating with enterprise systems, and improving research and administrative workflows.

The position is a full-time hybrid role based in Seattle with three days in the office weekly, offering opportunities to shape UW's AI strategy and collaborate across IT and research domains.