AI Engineer III — Build Production AI Agents & Platforms

Victra; Durham, Northern (NC, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid training

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401k retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts on Verizon services

Referral bonuses

Job summary

Victra, Verizon’s largest premium retailer, is building AI into store operations and business processes. As an AI Engineer III, you will design and build agent systems and the platform that enables secure, auditable AI-driven actions across teams.

You will mentor junior engineers while shaping architecture and framework choices to scale in a dynamic retail tech environment. You will work in a hybrid Durham, NC setting, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable AI

Qualifications

• 5+ years building software or cloud systems, with at least 3 years delivering to the cloud.
• Hands-on coding ability with Python preferred.
• Experience shipping AI or agent systems to production with end users and evaluation loops.
• Familiarity with Azure AI Foundry and Agent Service requirements.
• Fluency with at least one open-source agent framework and one LLM observability stack.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship AI agent systems used by Victra employees with monitoring and evaluation before launch.
• Design shared platform for agents including context, permissions, and auditability.
• Mentor early-career engineers and guide engineering best practices.
• Evaluate build-versus-buy options aligned with business and technical needs.
• Collaborate with other teams to define reference architectures and implementations.

Skills

Cloud software development

Azure fundamentals

Python programming

LLM observability

Agent framework knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science / information systems

Tools

Claude Code

Codex

Azure AI Foundry

AWS Bedrock

Job description

Victra, Verizon’s largest premium retailer, is building AI into store operations and business processes. As an AI Engineer III, you will design and build agent systems and the platform that enables secure, auditable AI-driven actions across teams.

You will mentor junior engineers while shaping architecture and framework choices to scale in a dynamic retail tech environment. You will work in a hybrid Durham, NC setting, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable AI