AI Engineer – Agentic Systems & RAG

Altimetrik; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a skilled AI Engineer to design and optimize AI agents and workflows. Candidates should have strong programming skills in Python and experience with RAG architectures and agent orchestration using platforms like Cursor AI. This is a full-time position located in a hybrid work environment, combining remote work with time in the Austin office.

Qualifications

• Strong programming skills in Python or equivalent.
• Experience in developing autonomous agents and workflows.
• Hands-on with Cursor AI for agent orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize AI agents.
• Implement and fine-tune RAG pipelines.
• Develop and manage agentic workflows.

Skills

Python programming

Autonomous agents development

API development

RAG architectures

Prompt engineering

Tools

Cursor AI

LangChain

FAISS

Job description

Overview

Location: Hybrid (Austin, Charlotte, NYC)

Experience: 3-7 years

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled AI Engineer with hands-on experience in agent development, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), agentic workflows, and platforms such as Cursor AI. The ideal candidate will have a strong developer mindset and expertise in integrating APIs and building intelligent systems that can reason, act, and interact across tools and data sources.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize AI agents capable of reasoning, decision-making, and tool usage
• Implement and fine-tune RAG pipelines for contextual knowledge integration
• Develop, integrate, and manage agentic workflows across APIs, vector stores, and third-party tools
• Leverage Cursor AI and similar platforms to prototype and deploy agent-based applications
• Collaborate with product teams to implement AI-driven features with seamless developer experience
• Build scalable APIs for model access, integration, and service orchestration
• Stay updated with the latest in LLMs, agent orchestration frameworks, and AI tooling

Qualifications

• Strong programming skills in Python or equivalent (Go/Node.js is a plus)
• Experience in developing autonomous agents and agentic workflows using frameworks like LangChain, AutoGen, or similar
• Hands-on with Cursor AI for development, debugging, and agent orchestration
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs
• Proficiency in RAG architectures, including vector stores (e.g., FAISS, Pinecone, Weaviate), embedding models, and retrieval tuning
• Experience with prompt engineering, tool calling, and multi-agent collaboration setups
• Solid understanding of LLMs, their fine-tuning strategies, and evaluation frameworks

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Software Development