Applied AI Developer

Zensar Technologies; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Zensar Technologies is seeking an Applied AI Developer in the United States (Hybrid) to lead design and implementation of agentic AI systems. You will own governance patterns, tooling, and scalable deployments across engineering teams, with a strong emphasis on reliability and security.

The role requires 8+ years in software engineering, expertise in Python and/or Go, and hands-on experience with multi-agent systems and modern AI SDKs.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Proficient in Python and/or Go; read/write proficiency in the other language.
• Experience building and scaling multi-agent or agent-driven systems in production.
• Hands-on experience with modern agent ecosystems and AI SDKs.
• Strong systems and backend architecture fundamentals; cloud-native environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of agentic AI systems and governance patterns.
• Develop automated evals, simulations, and regression tests for AI reliability.
• Collaborate with product, security, and platform teams to productionize AI use cases.
• Drive adoption through pilots and scalable deployments across engineering teams.
• Ensure safe, compliant, and trustworthy AI practices across implementations.

Skills

Python

Go

Distributed systems

Agent frameworks

Cloud (GCP/AWS)

REST/GraphQL

RBAC

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree – Information Technology

Tools

LangGraph

Google ADK

Mastra

Claude Agent SDK

Langfuse

LangSmith

Braintrust

OpenAI

Anthropic

Job description

We’re a bunch of hardworking, fun-loving, people-oriented technology enthusiasts. We love what we do, and we’re passionate about helping our clients thrive in an increasingly complex digital world. Zensar is an organization focused on building relationships with our clients and with each other—and happiness is at the core of everything we do. In fact, we’re so into happiness that we’ve created a Global Happiness Council, and we send out a Happiness Survey to our employees each year. We’ve learned that employee happiness requires more than a competitive paycheck, and our employee value proposition—grow, own, achieve, learn (GOAL)—lays out the core opportunities we seek to foster for every employee. Teamwork and collaboration are critical to Zensar’s mission and success, and our teams work on a diverse and challenging mix of technologies across a broad industry spectrum. These industries include banking and financial services, high-tech and manufacturing, healthcare, insurance, retail, and consumer services. Our employees enjoy flexible work arrangements and a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), among other benefits. If you are looking for a place to have an immediate impact, to grow and contribute, where we work hard, play hard, and support each other, consider joining team Zensar!

Zensar is looking for a Applied AI Developer in the United States (Hybrid). This position is open for Full Time with excellent benefits and professional growth opportunities.

About the Role

• Think AI-first — assess where agentic approaches genuinely outperform conventional solutions, then own the quality bar: build automated evals, simulation tests, and regression frameworks that keep our AI systems reliable and improving as they scale.
• Design agentic systems — tool orchestration, agent reasoning, memory, MCP integrations, and human-in-the-loop workflows.
• Define and implement AI governance patterns — guardrails, data lineage, auditability, and responsible AI practices that ensure our agentic systems are safe, compliant, and trustworthy.
• Drive adoption through pilots, proofs-of-concept, and scalable implementations across engineering teams.
• Collaborate with various business functions, product, security, and platform teams to translate AI use cases into production-grade, end-to-end solutions.

Experience:

• 8+ years of professional software engineering, with at least 2 years focused on applied AI in production systems.
• Proficient in Python and/or Go; comfortable reading and writing in the other.
• Proven experience building and scaling multi-agent or agent-driven systems in production — real-world operational ownership, not just simple LLM workflows.
• Hands-on experience with modern agent ecosystems, including frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, Google ADK, Mastra, Claude Agent SDK), observability and evals tooling (e.g., Langfuse, LangSmith, Braintrust), MCP implementations, and leading AI SDKs (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic).
• Strong systems and backend architecture fundamentals — designing scalable, reliable systems and handling infrastructure, performance, failure modes, cost, and deployment concerns.
• Good understanding of cloud-native environments (GCP and/or AWS) — compute, storage, networking, and managed AI services.
• Experience designing and integrating with enterprise APIs (REST, GraphQL) including authentication and authorization patterns (OAuth2, SAML, API keys, RBAC). Comfortable working with backend databases (SQL and NoSQL) — writing queries, understanding data models, and building data access layers that enforce role-based access control.
• Strong cross-functional collaborator and communicator, able to partner with Product, Operations, and domain experts to deliver end-to-end systems with measurable real-world impact.
• A force-multiplier on the team — you raise the bar for clarity of thinking, system design standards, and team execution.

Education:

• Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree – Information Technology

1. Completion of take-home assignment

2. In person interview with the Hiring Team

Zensar believes that diversity of backgrounds, thought, experience, and expertise fosters the robust exchange of ideas that enables the highest quality collaboration and work product. Zensar is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Zensar is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women. Zensar is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. Accommodation made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodation once hired.

All applicants must be legally authorized to work with Zensar. Visa sponsorship may be available for qualified applicants for certain positions.

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