Autonomous AI Agent Engineer

Leidos; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kudu Dynamics, a Leidos-owned company, seeks an Agentic AI Developer to design, develop, and deploy autonomous AI systems capable of reasoning, planning, and executing tasks with minimal human intervention.

The role focuses on building intelligent agents and multi-agent workflows that integrate with enterprise tools and data sources, leveraging LangChain, Langfuse, and Chainlit in a Dockerized, cloud-native environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, AI, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 3+ years of software development experience.
• Strong Python development experience.
• Experience developing applications with large language models (LLMs).
• Experience building AI applications using LangChain.
• Experience with AI observability and tracing tools such as Langfuse.
• Experience developing conversational AI interfaces using Chainlit.
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker.
• Experience managing repositories and CI/CD workflows using GitLab.
• Familiarity with REST APIs, vector databases, and modern backend architectures.
• Strong understanding of prompt engineering, RAG pipelines, and agent orchestration concepts.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop autonomous AI agents capable of reasoning, planning, and executing tasks independently.
• Build and orchestrate multi-agent workflows using modern AI frameworks and tooling.
• Develop AI-enabled applications using large language models and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architectures.
• Integrate AI agents with APIs, databases, enterprise systems, and external services.
• Build conversational and human-in-the-loop interfaces for AI systems.
• Develop observability, tracing, and evaluation pipelines for AI workflows and agent performance.
• Containerize and deploy AI applications using Docker-based infrastructure.
• Collaborate with software engineers, cybersecurity teams, researchers, and stakeholders to deliver scalable AI capabilities.
• Maintain CI/CD pipelines and source control workflows using GitLab.
• Optimize prompts, memory systems, context handling, and agent decision-making.
• Research and prototype emerging agentic AI techniques and frameworks.

Skills

Python development

LLMs experience

Agentic AI concepts

Prompt engineering

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

LangChain

Langfuse

Chainlit

Docker

GitLab

REST APIs

Vector databases

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Kudu Dynamics, a Leidos-owned company, seeks an Agentic AI Developer to design, develop, and deploy autonomous AI systems capable of reasoning, planning, and executing tasks with minimal human intervention.

The role focuses on building intelligent agents and multi-agent workflows that integrate with enterprise tools and data sources, leveraging LangChain, Langfuse, and Chainlit in a Dockerized, cloud-native environment.