AI Agent Engineer/Builder at WeKruit

Wayne State University; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Wayne State University in New York City is seeking exceptional AI Engineers to design, build, and deploy production-grade AI systems that solve real business problems. You’ll work across the full AI stack from agent development to customer-facing applications, translating ideas into reliable, scalable solutions.

Join a collaborative team that partners with product teams, researchers, and customers to drive measurable impact.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience building production systems.
• Experience with machine learning, LLMs, AI agents, reinforcement learning, or applied AI systems.
• Proficiency in Python and familiarity with modern AI frameworks and tooling.
• Ability to break down ambiguous problems into scalable technical solutions.
• Strong product intuition and a bias toward shipping.
• Excellent communication skills and comfort working directly with customers.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy AI agents and LLM-powered applications for enterprise customers.
• Develop evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, and testing infrastructure to measure model and agent performance.
• Build training pipelines, reinforcement learning environments, and data workflows to improve agent capabilities.
• Work directly with customers and stakeholders to understand business challenges and translate them into AI solutions.
• Iterate on internal AI tooling, infrastructure, and developer workflows to accelerate deployment velocity.
• Analyze production usage data and user feedback to continuously improve system performance and reliability.
• Collaborate across engineering, product, and research teams to bring new AI capabilities into production.

Skills

Production systems

ML/LLMs

Python

Problem decomposition

Product intuition

Customer communication

Job description

We're looking for exceptional AI Engineers to help build and deploy production-grade AI systems that solve real business problems.

You’ll work across the full AI stack—from agent development and evaluation to model training, deployment, and customer-facing applications. This role combines software engineering, machine learning, and product thinking, requiring builders who can move quickly from idea to production.

You’ll work closely with customers, product teams, and researchers to turn emerging AI capabilities into reliable systems that create measurable business impact.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and deploy AI agents and LLM-powered applications for enterprise customers
• Develop evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, and testing infrastructure to measure model and agent performance
• Build training pipelines, reinforcement learning environments, and data workflows to improve agent capabilities
• Work directly with customers and stakeholders to understand business challenges and translate them into AI solutions
• Iterate on internal AI tooling, infrastructure, and developer workflows to accelerate deployment velocity
• Analyze production usage data and user feedback to continuously improve system performance and reliability
• Collaborate across engineering, product, and research teams to bring new AI capabilities into production

We’re Looking For

• Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience building production systems
• Experience with machine learning, LLMs, AI agents, reinforcement learning, or applied AI systems
• Proficiency in Python and familiarity with modern AI frameworks and tooling
• Ability to break down ambiguous problems into scalable technical solutions
• Strong product intuition and a bias toward shipping
• Excellent communication skills and comfort working directly with customers

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience deploying AI applications in production environments
• Experience with model evaluation, fine-tuning, RL/RLHF, or agent architectures
• Background in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Physics, Data Science, or related fields
• Experience building customer-facing products or enterprise software
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and modern software development practices

Location: New York City

Full-time position

We’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome candidates from all backgrounds.