AI Engineer

Rose International; Round Rock (TX); On-site; USD 96,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Rose International is seeking an AI Engineer to join our on-site team in Round Rock, TX. The role focuses on building production-ready AI solutions that improve software development security and automation.

You will design, develop, and deploy AI-powered capabilities across the SDLC, with emphasis on context engineering, agentic systems, and secure coding practices. Qualifications include 8+ years in software engineering, expert Python/TypeScript/JavaScript, hands-on AI/LLM experience, and

Qualifications

• Senior-level software engineer with 8+ years' experience.
• Hands-on AI/LLM development with security harness engineering experience.
• Strong programming proficiency (Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Go, or similar).
• Experience deploying AI-based solutions in production with measurable impact.
• Knowledge of secure development practices and scalable system design.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy AI-powered capabilities across the SDLC.
• Guardrails and verification for AI-generated code and AI assistants.
• Integrate solutions with enterprise systems via APIs, CI/CD, and security tooling.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, product, and leadership to drive adoption and requirements.
• Apply architecture and security best practices for scalable, maintainable systems.

Skills

AI

JavaScript

Python

REST

SDLC

Security

Typescript

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's degree

Job description

Date Posted: 08/26/2026

Hiring Organization: Rose International

Position Number: 506326

Industry: IT Company

Job Title: AI Engineer

Job Location: Round Rock, TX, USA, 78681

Work Model: Onsite

Shift: Standard working hours

Employment Type: Temporary

FT/PT: Full-Time

Estimated Duration (In months): 13

Min Hourly Rate($): 70.00

Max Hourly Rate($): 87.00

Must Have Skills/Attributes: AI, JavaScript, Python, REST, SDLC, Security, Typescript

Experience Desired: Software engineering experience (8+ yrs); Hands-on experience with modern AI/LLM development (4+ yrs); Strong programming proficiency (e.g., Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Go, or similar) (8 yrs); Security Harness Engineering (3+ yrs)

Preferred Education: Bachelor’s Degree

C2C is not available

Job Description

Only qualified AI Engineer candidates located near Round Rock, TX are to be considered due to the position requiring an onsite presence

Required Education

• Bachelor's in computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical.

Preferred Education

• Master's degree in computer science or a related field

Required Skills, Experience & Abilities

• Senior level Software Engineer with 8+ years' experience.
• Must have enterprise scalability experience with previous well-known company.
• Must have security experience, specifically security harness engineering experience.
• Must have enterprise scalability, Security Harness Engineering, and hands‑on AI software engineering experience.
• Demonstrated experience developing and deploying AI-based solutions in production environments, with measurable business or operational impact
• Strong programming proficiency (e.g., Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Go, or similar) and adherence to software engineering best practices, including testing, code quality, and maintainability
• Hands‑on experience with modern AI/LLM development, including:
• Context engineering - designing what informs the model's context window, including agentic retrieval and search, memory architectures, grounding in enterprise data, and structured outputs
• Agentic system design - agent loop engineering, multi‑agent and sub‑agent orchestration, and tool/function calling
• Context window management and token budgeting, including cost and latency optimization for production workloads
• Evaluation of AI system quality, reliability, and safety
• Solid understanding of software architecture and systems design, including API design, event‑driven patterns, and data modeling for scalability and extensibility
• Experience developing and/or deploying applications with large‑scale impact (broad user base, high transaction volume, or organization‑wide adoption)
• Experience integrating with multiple systems and platforms (REST/GraphQL APIs, CI/CD pipelines, cloud services, enterprise tooling)
• Demonstrated ability to work independently across the full delivery lifecycle - requirements analysis, solution design, implementation, deployment, and stakeholder engagement - with accountability for results
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to both engineering and business audiences
• Working knowledge of secure development practices and experience designing solutions that meet enterprise security and compliance requirements

Desired Skills, Experience & Abilities

• Experience applying AI within a security domain - application security, DevSecOps, code analysis, threat modeling, firmware security or software supply‑chain security
• Familiarity with secure‑by-design / secure‑by‑default principles and relevant frameworks (e.g., OWASP, including the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications; NIST SSDF)
• Experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol), building agent skills and tools, or extending AI coding assistants (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Devin)
• Experience with AI evaluation frameworks, guardrails, prompt/response caching strategies, and LLMOps in production

Role

Principal-level AI software engineer who builds production-ready AI solutions that make the software development lifecycle more secure and automated.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy AI-powered capabilities across the SDLC, including:
• Spec Driven Development workflows that support the translation of well‑formed specifications into secure, verifiable implementations
• Assurance of AI‑generated code - guardrails, policy enforcement, and verification for code produced by AI assistants and agents
• SDLC skills and agent tooling - developer‑assist skills as well as verification skills that perform automated security checks (design review, dependency and supply‑chain analysis, static/dynamic analysis orchestration, release audit support)
• Integrate solutions with enterprise systems - source control, CI/CD, ticketing, security scanning, identity, and internal platforms - through APIs, webhooks, and protocols such as MCP (Model Context Protocol)
• Partner with engineering, security, product, and leadership stakeholders to define requirements, evaluate trade‑offs, and support solution adoption
• Apply sound architecture and systems design practices: well‑defined service boundaries, appropriate data models, secure defaults, observability, and extensibility
• **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**
• **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**

Benefits

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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.

If you need assistance in completing this application, or during any phase of the application, interview, hiring, or employment process, whether due to a disability or otherwise, please contact our HR Department.

Rose International has an official agreement (ID #132522), effective June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Verification Program (E‑Verify). (Posting required by OCGA 13/10-91.).